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In India, poachers hunting peacock kill 3 police
Three Indian policemen were shot dead by wildlife poachers in central India, a police official said on Saturday, adding that the poachers had opened fire after refusing to surrender when confronted by the officers.
Published : 14 May 2022, 01:29 PM
Updated : 14 May 2022, 01:29 PM
One poacher was killed in the shootout, senior police official Rajiv Kumar Mishra said, giving an account of the incident at a tribal hamlet set in a forested area of Madhya Pradesh state. Police found the carcasses of deer and peacock close by.
The peacock is the national bird and a protected species in India, and hunting them carries a penalty of up to seven years in jail.
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