Telangana YouTuber Arrested For Cooking ‘Peacock Curry’

Hyderabad: A YouTuber from Telangana’s Sircilla was arrested on Sunday after a video of him preparing and consuming ‘peacock curry’ went viral on social media. The peacock is India’s national bird.

Netizens slammed the YouTuber, Kodam Pranay Kumar, of promoting illegal wildlife consumption. Following the outrage, the video was taken down from Kumar’s YouTube channel.

The Telangana forest department arrested Kumar and has initiated a probe against him. He is booked under the Wildlife Protection Act.

Authorities alleged that the video promoted and involved the killing of a protected species.

The YouTuber’s blood samples and the portions of the curry were sent for testing. Police said action would be taken if the test turns out to be positive for peacock meat.