Saturday 23 May 2009

Wild Life Crime: Deer hunters nabbed in Nallamalais

U Sudhakar Reddy
After a daring chase, forest officials caught six persons who shot two Sambar deer in the Tiger sanctuary in Nallamala on Thursday night.
They were identified as Mr G.Ravi Kumar, a resident of Hydernagar , Mr V. Srinivas of SR Nagar, Mr K. Ravindranath of Shaikpet, all working with Janani Infrastructure, Mr G. Rahul, a third-year engineering student and Mr Ashok Kumar, an MCA professional. A driver, Mr Ghulam Fayazuddin of Moghalpura, was also arrested.
A police constable, Mr Nagaraju, who shot the deer and Mr Krishna Reddy, a contractor of Janani Infrastructure, escaped in a jeep.
Forest officials seized two vehicles and around 100 kg of deer meat from the arrested persons.
The Telugu Desam has previously alleged that Janani Infrastructure is the subsidiary company floated by Mr Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, son of the Chief Minister, Dr Y. S.Rajasekhar Reddy.
The Atchampet divisional forest officer, Mr Shankaran, said the incident took place 20 km from Atchampet near Rushula Cheruvu.
“They started from Hyderabad on Thursday evening and entered the forest at midnight,” he said. “We heard four gunshots but they tried to escape after seeing our vehicle.”

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