NEW DELHI: An Indian man has been arrested for selling dried monitor lizard penises online as a rare root plant believed to bring good luck, Indian forest department officials said Friday. The monitor lizard is protected under the Indian Wildlife Act. Officials believe the arrested man, Kalki Krishnan, was sourcing the parts from central India's Madhya Pradesh state. "We have made seizures (of the monitor lizard penises) and sent them to the lab for tests. "We launched our investigation after a surprise discovery in 2016 that penises were being removed from monitor lizards, a preferred meat source for some Indian tribal communities," he said.

Source: New Strait Times June 23, 2017 09:56 UTC