haridwar forest department rescued four turtles which are listed as an endangered species on saturday in haridwar and arrested two accused including an activist of sparsh ganga movement run by former cm and haridwar lok sabha mp ramesh pokhriyal nishank another accused was identified but he could not be arrested as he is hospitalised due to health issues officials said according to forest department officials the raid was conducted in kankhal after getting tip off from an activist of people for animals organisation on friday one turtle was recovered from dream world aquarium in ranipur area owner of this shop has been identified as mohit sharma who is an activist of sparsh ganga movement the mother of sharma is a local bjp leader who is also an offcier bearer of the partys women wing haridwar divisional officer akash verma said a case has been registered against three accused under wildlife act and two accused mohit sharma and pushpendra kumar have been arrested while the third accused victor will be arrested later as he is in hospital both accused were produced before the court meanwhile several sparsh ganga activists and local bjp leaders reached haridwar range office and told forest officials that sharma was being implicated in the case falsely mohit is our volunteer and his mother is a bjp leader he is not involved in any criminal activities he is being wrongly implicated by the forest department shikhar paliwal convener of sparsh ganga movement told toi ms nawaz