Through PTI
MUMBAI: 4 individuals have been arrested for allegedly raping a Bengal track lizard in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) in Maharashtra, a woodland respectable stated on Wednesday.
The incident, which happened at Gothane village in Ratnagiri district, got here to mild days after the 4 accused have been booked for illegally coming into Chandoli Nationwide Park, which is a part of the reserve, with certainly one of them wearing a gun for searching, he stated.
The accused have been being probed once they have been booked on March 31 for illegally coming into the woodland when the crime got here to mild, the respectable stated.
The STR is unfold over 4 districts of Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Ratnagiri.
The accused have been known as Sandeep Tukaram Pawar, Mangesh Kamtekar, Akshay Kamtekar and Ramesh Ghag, he stated.
“All through the investigation, the woodland officers discovered that the accused had allegedly raped a Bengal track lizard.
Their act was once additionally recorded in a cell phone of probably the most accused individuals,” he stated.
“We’ve recovered the entire similar proof from the accused they usually have been granted woodland division custody first of all, however are out on bail now,” the woodland respectable stated.
They have got been requested to mark their presence sooner than the woodland officer, who’s probing the case, each and every Monday, he stated.
“The 4 accused were booked beneath quite a lot of sections of the Wild Existence (Coverage) Act, 1972,” box director of Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR), Nanasaheb Ladkat, stated.
