Seven Fined Rs 50000 Each for Hunting Spotted Deer and Selling the Meat in Tamil Nadu

Chennai: Seven men were fined Rs 50,000 each for allegedly hunting spotted deer and selling the meat in the Denkanikottai forest division in Tamil Nadu.

The accused were identified as Chellappan (65), Ramraj (31), Rajiv (31), Nagaraj (28), Sivarajkumar (31), Mariyappan (65) and an 18-year-old boy.

Receiving information that the body of a spotted deer was found in a pond at Zuzuwadi village near Hosur, a team of forest officials reached the spot.

But before the forest officials could reach the spot, the accused removed the body of the spotted deer to sell its meat. Investigation by the forest officials revealed that these persons had hunted the seer.

Forest officials took the seven persons into custody and fined them 50 thousand rupees each. All of them were warned that if they repeated similar act they will face strict legal action under the Wildlife Act.