RAJKOT: Three individuals had been arrested for teasing and harassing two lions in Rampara village of Rajula taluka in Amreli district on Friday.
Based on the forest division, Dula Vagh (22), Savaj Vagh (21) and Naka Vagh (22) had been arrested and booked underneath varied sections of the Wildlife Safety Act.
They allegedly harassed two lions close to their village when the massive cats had been preying on an animal on the night time of July 20. The three had been detained for interrogation on July 21.
In-charge assistant conservator of forest, Nilesh Vegda, mentioned: “These three individuals didn’t permit a lion and a lioness to feed on the prey. They compelled them to run away, chased them on a motorcycle, recorded a video, had a selfie with the lions and in addition uploaded the video on social media.”
Of the three, Naka Vagh is a repeat offender. He had been arrested just a few years again for the same crime and launched on bail. All of the three are associates and residents of the identical village.
Within the video they recorded from a dashing bike, a lioness is seen operating at a excessive pace on a bridge and it was operating in concern.
Forest officers discovered a number of different movies and images of lions being teased from their cell phones. They’re investigating these movies.
They had been produced earlier than a courtroom that despatched them to judicial custody.
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