Officers said that the leopard had attacked Bhaliya Thursday night while he was keeping night vigil on his wheat field.
By: Express News Service | Rajkot |
Updated: February 20, 2017 10:57 am
A farmer was arrested by Gir East forest division
officials on Saturday after he and six others allegedly beat a leopard
to death on his farm and later burnt down its carcass, in Una taluka of
Gir-Somnath district. Forest officers arrested Bhagwan Bhaliya, a farmer
of Chikhali village of Una taluka on Saturday after they came to know
that he was among seven men who beat a leopard to death and later burnt
its carcass to leave no trace of the incident. Officers said that the
leopard had attacked Bhaliya Thursday night while he was keeping night
vigil on his wheat field. Bhaliya sustained minor injuries in the
attack.WATCH VIDEO | 4 Villagers Dead After Leopards Held In Jaipur Zoo Released Back Into Sariska Tiger Reserve 3 Weeks Ago
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rescue. They found the leopard at the same wheat field and clubbed it to
death. Later, they threw its carcass in a nearby river. Officers said
that the accused fished out the carcass a day later and burnt it to
ashes as the word spread in the village that the leopard had been
killed.“The accused dumped the carcass in a river but later fished it out
and burnt it to ashes so as to escape punitive action. We have collected
its hair and bones from crime scenes and arrested farmer Bhagwan
Bhaliya. He has also given us names of five to six other persons who
were part of the group and the investigation is on,” range forest
officer of Jasadhar in Gir East division forest, Jagdish Pandya, said.
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