Jammu and Kashmir police in Rajouri district have arrestedfour persons for hunting in forest area and killing a peacock.During theintervening night of 28-29 July 2019, a specific information received fromreliable source that some persons are hunting peacock in forest area of Kalalin Nowshera.

Acting swiftly, police party of police station Nowshera led by SI Ajaz Parvaiz rushed tothe area and intercepted an alto car bearing registration number JK11B-6099 atKalal road which was driven by Gurdeep Singh son of Jagjeet Singh  resident of Kanara Nowshera.

 During search ofvehicle,  recently hunted and killedPeacock was recovered after which vehicle was seized and the accused was alsoarrested.

Later, a team of police headed by SDPO Nowshera BrijeshSharma under the supervision of Addl SP Nowshera Girdhari Lal Sharma put theaccused to sustained interrogation who disclosed the names of three moreassociates namely

Charan Singh son of Prem Singh resident of  Nonial Nowshera, Karnail Singh son of CharanSingh residents of Nonial Nowshera and Jasbir Singh son of Santokh Singhresident of Nonial Nowshera.

A team of police from Nowshera police station conductedsimultaneous raids and arrested all the other accused and a 12 bore gun wasalso recovered from the possession of Charan Singh.

The said weapon was used for hunting and killing of peacock.Allthe four accused involved in the killing and hunting of Peacock have now beenarrested and a case FIR No 142/ 2019  U/S08/51 Wildlife Protection Act has been registered at Nowshera police station.Pertinenthere to mention that hunting and killing of Peacock,  the country's national bird,  is prohibited by law.