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.
The news comes days after Indian and British investigators said they had uncovered a scam in which Indian Internet retailers were passing off the lizard parts as the plant, known as Hatha Jodi.
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