Ahmedabad- The Gujarat CID-Crime has arrested two persons for running a nationwide racket of creating an artificial shortage of jungle safari permits across multiple states through bulk bookings and then selling them at inflated rates in the black market, officials said on Wednesday.

Following an investigation, the Gandhinagar-based Cyber Centre of Excellence of the CID-Crime arrested the duo, Ajaykumar Chaudhary and Arvind Upadhyay, from Delhi and brought them to Gujarat, said an official release.

It was revealed during the probe that using fake ID proofs, the duo had bulk-booked online permits of the Gir Jungle Safari in Gujarat, Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan, Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand, Kaziranga in Assam and Bandhav

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