Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankariya
Officials of the CID forest cell on Monday arrested a 42-year-old poultry farm owner from Nagavalli village of Tumakuru district and rescued a jackal which he was keeping it as pet.
Based on a tip off,a team of officials raided his farm and rescued the jackal from the cage .
The accused Lakshikantha told the officials that he had caught the jackal seven months ago and keeping it as “ Lucky charm”.
The accused has been booked under wildlife protection act and remanded to judicial custody for 15 days of judicial custody.
The rescued Jackal will be released in the forest area after obtaining the court permission,a senior officer, said.
