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Man held for illegal fishing

Last Updated 17 December 2017, 16:58 IST

Forest department personnel took a person into custody for illegally fishing at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary on Saturday evening.

Forest officials said that Jaffar, Mahesh, Shiva and Kumar were fishing using a boat. While Jaffar was arrested, the others escaped.

A team led by Range Forest Officer (RFO) Ananyakumar and DRFO Puttamadegowda conducted the raid. Murugesh, an employee of the sanctuary, was injured in the raid.

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(Published 17 December 2017, 16:42 IST)

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