Mangalore, October, 10: A man has been arrested by Mangalore forest mobile police squad while trying to sell a peacock, the national bird, in Hosangadi of Kundapur taluk.
The accused is Chandra (38), a resident of Gerusalu, Hosangadi. A peacock has been seized from him.
Acting on a credible information that the accused is bringing the bird for the purpose of sale, a police team comprised of PSI Manjunath KR, and constables K Seetharam, Umesh Hosolike, Ramachandra Maniyani, Honnappa Gouda and Harishchandra Gouda trapped the accused.
A case has been registered under the Wild Life Protection Act. For further inquiry it has been handed over to to Shankaranarayana zone forest officers.
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