kolkata a lion cub and three langurs were rescued from the northern suburbs of kolkata early on saturday three persons have been arrested in this connectionthe animals were found in nylon bags stitched at the mouth inside an suv by officials of the wildlife crime control bureau and west bengal forest department they were most probably being smuggled from bangladesh to a private zoo in western india officials saidtwo of them are critically endangered whiteheaded langurs native to vietnamese forests the third one is either a juvenile whiteheaded langur or a javan lutung an oldworld monkey endemic to javan islands the officials said adding that the lion cub was presumably from africaall the animals have been handed over to alipore zoo there have been recent instances of endangered species being rescued from kolkata and its neighbouring areas but this is the first time that a lion cub has been recovered say wildlife expertswatch west bengal lion cub langur seized from car at belghoria expressway three arrested