Telangana: Poaching gang led by Hyderabadi brothers busted, five arrested
Luqman, Imran, and others went hunting on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning but could not find any wild animals for hunting. Updated: December 21, 2020 9:39:02 am
Officials found the fresh carcass of the hare along with two rifles with telescopes and silencers, night vision binoculars, searchlights, and knives, etc. (Source: Telangana forest department)
Two brothers from Hyderabad along with their three associates were arrested for poaching a black-naped hare in Telangana’s Nizamabad district.
The accused, Luqman Affendi (47), and his brother Imran Affendi (50), according to forest department officials, had gone to the forests to hunt blackbucks, but could not find anything other than a black-naped hare.
Updated Dec 21, 2020 | 10:23 IST
The Black Naped Hare is a protected species under Schedule IV of the Wildlife Protection Act. The officials seized two guns with silencers and a telescope. Five Hyderabad men arrested from Nizamabad for poaching, a hare found | Photo Credit: PTI
Hyderabad: The vigilance and anti-poaching officials of the state’s Forest Department nabbed five people involved in poaching from Nizamabad yesterday.
Luqman Affendi, the prime accused, along with four others was caught after officials raided a rice mill at Jokora hamlet near Varni in the district. The forest officials found a Black Naped Hare after a proper search of the region. The other arrested ones are Imran Affendi, Shaik Raaz Ahmed, Md Jameel and Md Shahrukh.
Telangana forest officials nabs wild animals poaching gang
By SM Bilal| Published: 20th December 2020 9:05 pm IST
Hyderabad: On a reliable and credible information received by this office that poaching of Wild animals is taking place, a raid was conducted by the Vigilance and Anti-poaching officials of Telangana Forest Department in the early hours today at Jokora village near Varni in Nizambad district.
The officials raided a rice mill in the area and intercepted a poaching gang headed by a person named Luqman Affendi. On thorough search of the area, the Forest officials found a Black Naped Hare which was hunted and skinned.
Five arrested for poaching in Nizamabad, rifles, silencers, other equipment seized
The officials found a skinned Black-naped hare, two rifles with telescope and silencers, searchlights, night-vision binoculars, knives, 142 rounds of bullets among other things.
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The officials found a skinned Black-naped hare, two rifles with telescope and silencers, searchlights, night-vision binoculars, knives, 142 rounds of bullets among other things. (Photo | EPS) By Express News Service
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Forest Department officials nabbed five persons accused of poaching on Sunday after they raided a rice mill at Jokora village in Nizamabad district. The officials found a skinned Black-naped hare, two rifles with telescope and silencers, searchlights, night-vision binoculars, knives, 142 rounds of bullets among other things.