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Rare reptile found in Alipurduar drain

OUR CORRESPONDENT The pangolin rescued from Alipurduar last night. Picture by Anirban Choudhury Alipurduar, July 24: A pangolin found in a drain here was rescued last night and later released in the forest. Foresters are wondering how the nocturnal reptile which is in the Schedule-1 category, reached Alipurduar town. Pradeep Roy, a boy living in Ward 10 of the Alipurduar Municipality, was going home around 10.30 last night when he saw something moving in the roadside drain.