Four villagers accused of killing a deer of endangered species under the forest circle Machkot and eating the meat of the animal were arrested by police Tuesday evening. later, after producing them in court, they were sent to jail on Wednesday.
According to Range Officer R R Kashyap, after receiving the information that some of the villagers had gone to the jungle in Machkot area possibly for hunting wild animal, a team of police raided the forest area and arrested four persons - Nakul, Sone Sai, Dhan Sai and Gurunath belonging to Kurandi and Kumhali villages, with horn, skin and a foot of the killed deer in their possession. The police also recovered about 62 kg meat, axe and bicycle. A case against the accused has been registered by the police under Wildlife Conservation Act.