Overview
- A joint operation by the Golconda Zone Task Force and the Telangana Forest Department arrested six suspected poachers in the Shadnagar and Makthal forest areas.
- Officers seized four airguns, a licensed rifle with 20 live rounds, eight mobile phones, a car, pellets and a knife used in the hunts.
- Police say the group targeted protected species including deer, peacocks, rabbits, quail and doves, and recorded the kills on their phones.
- Investigators report the activity stretched roughly a year, with the men eating the meat and dumping remains in canals, including the Jurala Project backwaters.
- The accused include Mir Ahmed Amir, described as a trained shooter linked to the Telangana Rifle Association, and K Shekar, who allegedly guided the hunts, with the case now before the Hyderabad East Range for further action.