Three held smuggling parrots in bus
Varanasi: Forest officials busted a racket involved in the illegal trade of birds of endangered species on Sunday in Varanasi. Three smugglers were arrested with 28 live parrots packed in a carton box, smuggled from Jharkhand.
Forest Conservator (Varanasi) Ravi Kumar Singh said that, after receiving a tip-off, a team of officials raided the Andharapul area.The team, led by Regional Forest Officer Ravindra Yadav and Deputy Regional Forest Officer Rajkumar Gautam, recovered 28 live parrots in a carton from a bus.
Bus driver Dhananjay Singh, conductor Abhay Singh alias Kanhaiya, and Md Arif were arrested and the bus was seized. On being questioned they revealed that the birds were transported from Garhwa, Jharkhand, by Md Arif of Varanasi.
The recovered birds are protected under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. Legal proceedings are underway under sections 9, 39, 48 (b) (I) & (II), 49 (b) (IV), 51, and 57 of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. Singh appealed to citizens to report any illegal trade involving these species to the office's phone numbers: 0542-2585444 and 0542-2585574.
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