Viral hunting video: four surrender to Nagaland Wildlife Warden
Suspects surrendered following 'investigation by the department into the incident and zeroing down on the suspects seen in the video,' informs Chief Wildlife Warden Nagaland
Dimapur, April 21 (MExN): In connection with recent viral hunting video, four suspects have surrendered to Wildlife Wing, Department of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, an official release informed today.
According to the release issued by the Chief Wildlife Warden Nagaland, Dimapur, the suspects surrendered following “investigation by the department into the incident and zeroing down on the suspects seen in the video celebrating ‘lockdown festival’.” (Check the report here)
The video, which went viral on April 19, depicted killing of wild animals “including Barking deer and large Indian civet cat,” the department informed in the release.
The release indicated that the hunting took place in Intanki National Park.
The Chief Wildlife Warden identified the four suspects as Imchainba of Longkhum village; Osungkum N Jamir and Yanger Jamir of Unger village; and Opangtemsu of Asangma village.
“Despite lacking technical capability, the department using its own resources, traced and identified the culprits in question,” it said.
“The case is being investigated further as per relevant sections of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 and other relevant laws as applicable,” it added.
The case was among the three viral video about hunting went viral in Nagaland recently.
In one of the three videos, people were seen gathering around a large slain stag with their baskets, probably to share the flesh, while in another video, a large python was seen being carried by a man in a bike, and some hunters flaunted their preyed animals killed in two days of their one week hunting expedition in the third video.
Meanwhile, giving the latest update on of the investigation, Tokaho Kinimi, Wildlife Warden on April 20 told The Morung Express (Check Here) that two incidents have been traced to Nihoshe and Ghathashi, both under Zunheboto district.
He further informed that some of the accused have come forward voluntarily last evening (April 19) and all accused were cooperating.
With the release by the Chief Wildlife Warden Nagaland on April 21, the Department of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Nagaland seems to have solved all the cases.
