Daijiworld Media Network - Beltangady (DV)
Beltangady, Aug 7: The Beltangady forest range officers on Friday August 7 arrested a person for hunting and killing a sambar, a type of deer, at Mittabagilu Malavantige village here.
Jagadish alias Sahadeva, a resident of Nellyady, Puttur, was arrested when he was returning after the hunt with three others.
Based on credible informationa, the officers stopped the car in which the accused were returning from the hunt, but while Jagadish was arrested, the other three managed to escape.
The officers on checking the car found the carcass of the animal in the car. They also seized the vehicle as well as a single barrel rifle from the accused.
The sambar is said to be around two years old.
A case has been registered and further investigations are on.