The miscreants have been identified as Ghatmal primary school teacher Dinesh Majhi, his relative Trupana Majhi and Judhistir Danta of Indagaon in Chhattisgarh.
Acting on a tip-off, the Sita river Tiger forest sleuths and Sinapalli forest department raided and seized one pangolin, two bikes and two mobile phones from the miscreants.
The rescued pangolin weighs 12 kg in weight.
