Hyderabad: Two shooters from Hyderabad were arrested by Kalaburagi forest officials on charges of hunting and killing Blackbuck, endangered animals, in Karnataka.
One shooter is Kin’s Ips Telangana officer.
The case under the wildlife protection law was ordered to the defendant.
Interestingly, a case under a weapon business was not registered even though the police recovered the rifle from the defendant used for hunting.
Chittapur Range Forest Officer Vijaya Kumar told Ti that the hunt took place on October 27 in the village of Mallabad Sedam Taluk from Kalaburagi District.
“Three hunters come from Hyderabad and two are local guides.
The police handed over this case to us,” he said.
The five member hunting group was arrested by the Mudhol police in the Sedam area along with Blackbuck Kill.
‘The main defendant holds a trio of weapons’ licenses from Hyderabad being identified as Hasif Hassan (52), son of Mohammed Hassan from Banjara Hills, his driver accompanied Ahmed (21) and Ali Hussain (42) from Shantinagar in Hyderabad.
Wasif is the famous shooter of Telangana State Rifle Association (TSRA), while Hussain is a quality shooter and also members of the Rifle Association.
TSRA Jiran’s Secretary General confirmed that Wasif and Hussain were members of the Association.
A car seized which forest officials said by Wasif.
Vijaya Kumar said: “Hussain said he joined the Wasif later and did not take part in the hunt.
We verify the claim.” Deputy Division Kalaburagi forest conservator MM Vanathi said the incident occurred on non-forest land on the border of Karnataka-Telangana.
“Blackbucks deviate from the forest into the nearest private land.
We check whether the trio has a hunting history,” he said.
“A veterinarian confirmed that it was Blackbuck.
We did not plan to send him to forensic laboratories,” he said.
Asked about not slapping the Act Act, he said: “There were about three years ago that the Department of Forest could not be accused of accusing under ARM.” He said the main defendant was a weapon license holder.
“Because the licensed weapons are misused, the police can still order a separate case under ARM.
However, the police did not submit to us every cellphone,” he said and added that Panamaama was the right seizure.
Assistant forest conservator has visited the crime scene.
Two locals – Hanumanth and Venkatesh from Chandapur, Sedam were also arrested.
All accused of being returned to trial detention.