Amid worldwide migratory birds beginning to land at Banni grassland in Kutch for the approaching winter, the police have arrested a poacher and booked three others for allegedly searching two frequent cranes and a blue bull from close to Chhari Dhand – a wetland well-known for congregation of migratory birds.
Acting on a tip-off, a workforce of Nirona police was scanning Kajarvishan Rann close to Chhari Dhand in Banni grassland after they noticed a gypsy within the desert close to Sarada village on Sunday.
As per an FIR registered at Nirona police station late Sunday, these within the car tried to hurry away after recognizing the police automotive. However, the gypsy bought caught in mud within the adjoining Shervo village. The FIR mentioned that the 4 poachers within the gypsy deserted their car and began operating away. However, the police managed to pay money for one, Saleman Maman (33), together with a countrymade shotgun.
Sub-Inspector Hardeepsin Parmar of Nirona police mentioned on Tuesday, “Upon inspecting the gypsy, we found carcasses of a blue bull and two common cranes.”
Based on a grievance filed by Constable Swaraj Gadhvi, who was a part of the police workforce that chased the poachers, an offence was registered below Arms Act. Besides Saleman, a resident of Nana Varnora village in Bhuj taluka, the FIR names his distant relative Jabar Mer of Nana Varnora and mates Javed Gagada and Izaz Maman – each residents of Bhuj city.
“Saleman is a casual labourer and had faced cases under Arms Act, gambling Act and other bodily offences. He gave the names of the three other accused and claimed that they poached the blue bull and two cranes for self-consumption. He couldn’t produce any license to keep arms and therefore, the four were booked under Arms Act, while the forest department has registered a separate offence of poaching,” Parmar mentioned. A courtroom in Nakhatrana city of Kutch despatched Saleman to three-day police remand on Monday.
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“The three others are on the run and efforts are being made to arrest them,” Parmar added.
Banni’s Deputy Conservator of Forests, Bharat Patel, mentioned {that a} first offence report (FOR) has been lodged in opposition to the 4 males at Sarado vary workplace of Banni forest division.
“We are told they poached the animal and birds from Chhari Dhand conservation reserve, which falls in Tuga Luna range. However, as the accused was arrested from near Shervo in Sarada range, the FOR has been registered at Sarada, which doesn’t include 2,270 hectare of Chhari Dhand conservation reserve. But if investigation establishes that the poaching was done from inside the conservation reserve, we will proceed accordingly,” Patel mentioned.
Chhari Dhand, a pure lake, attracts worldwide migratory birds from central Asia, who escape the cruel winter there and land in hotter climes of western India, together with Kutch. “The grassland and wetland provide cranes food and space for resting during winter… Migratory cranes have started arriving in Banni since mid-October,” Patel mentioned.
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First revealed on: 01-11-2023 at 00:31 IST
