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NEW DELHI: It is a business that runs in his family. Described as "the Veerappan of North India" by a Rajasthan court, Sansar Chand has allegedly been running the poaching racket for the past three decades with the help of 36 members of his family, with just two convictions so far. Though he made Sadar Bazar in Delhi his base, his father and four uncles, who were originally from Alwar in Rajasthan, were also allegedly engaged in smuggling wildlife products. He was first arrested in September 1974 at the age of 16 after the police recovered 600 animal skins and body parts from his possession. Since then he and his accomplices have been involved in at least 57 cases. According to the Wildlife Protection Society of India, which has been on Sansar's trail for years, his network is spread across Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka. The police believe that Sansar succeeded in expanding his business as he relied mainly on his family members. While his three brothers and families of his three sisters work for him, his wife and son have also been dealing in wildlife products at his instance. Sansar's wife is a local politician presently lodged in Jaipur jail along with her son Akash. They were arrested after body parts of leopards were recovered from their possession in October last year. According to the police, the case in which a notorious poacher, Jassu, was arrested along with Akash recently revealed that Sansar had played a major role in the killing of tigers at the Sariska National Park. From the wealth generated through smuggling of wildlife products, Sansar has reportedly bought several properties, including seven buildings in the Sadar Bazar area of Delhi. Earlier he operated in the guise of a dealer of mattresses. It is suspected that he used to smuggle out skins to different countries by concealing them in mattresses.
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