Three held for poaching peacock in Tamil Nadu

  • | Monday | 17th July, 2017

MADURAI: Three people from the narikurava community landed in trouble after they were spotted poaching a peacock in Elayankudi area of Sivaganga district on Monday.The Elayankudi police on their regular patrol found a three-member gang. Poaching it can attract three years of imprisonment and Rs 25,000 of fine. The carcass was sent for a postmortem.Peacock, the national bird , is protected under Schedule I of Wildlife Protection Act. The police caught hold of them.Police identified the accused as B Karthik, M Pandi and N Muniasamy from Paramakudi area in Ramanathapuram district. The licence for the gun had expired and they had a shot a peacock using the gun and skinned the bird, the police said.After they confessed to poaching a peacock and skinning it, the police handed them over to Sivaganga forest range office.Forest range officer N Nagarajan said they had seized the gun and the skinned peacock.

MADURAI: Three people from the narikurava community landed in trouble after they were spotted poaching a peacock in Elayankudi area of Sivaganga district on Monday.The Elayankudi police on their regular patrol found a three-member gang. A lengthy muzzle-loading gun in their possession drew the attention of the police. The police caught hold of them.Police identified the accused as B Karthik, M Pandi and N Muniasamy from Paramakudi area in Ramanathapuram district. The licence for the gun had expired and they had a shot a peacock using the gun and skinned the bird, the police said.After they confessed to poaching a peacock and skinning it, the police handed them over to Sivaganga forest range office.Forest range officer N Nagarajan said they had seized the gun and the skinned peacock. The carcass was sent for a postmortem.Peacock, the national bird , is protected under Schedule I of Wildlife Protection Act. Poaching it can attract three years of imprisonment and Rs 25,000 of fine.

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