The state vigilance and anti-corruption bureau seized a seven-foot-long leopard skin and arrested three persons at a naka near Yol bridge last night. Those arrested were Kapil Dev, Rakesh Kumar and Mandeep Choudhary of Baldhar. A case has been registered under Section 51 (1) A of the Wildlife Protection Act, Section 34 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act. The cost of the seized skin was estimates to be around Rs 5 lakh in the international market. Paras Ram, deputy superintendent of the police state vigilance and anti-corruption bureau at Dharamsala said there were regular inputs that panthers and leopards were being killed for their skins in Kangra and Chamba districts. Leopards were endangered animals under the purview of the Wildlife Protection Act. Earlier, the bureau had seized a leopard skin at Backlo, near Chamba, on April 12. Two persons were arrested in that connection.