Five held with carcass of peacock

COIMBATORE: The forest department officials arrested five people and recovered the carcass of a peacock and a gun from them near Ugayanur in Periyanaickenpalayam range on Sunday.


The arrested were identified as R Murugan, 37, N Subramani, 49, N Sakthivel, 38, R Praveen, 24, and V Mohan kumar, 39. The officials are on the lookout for two more – G Manikandan, 23, and N Saravanan, 36.

The suspects were nabbed during

patrolling

by officials.

When the forest officials attempted to catch them, two of them fled the spot and the remaining were caught. They were booked under the

Wildlife Protection Act

.