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Updated Dec 21, 2020 | 10:23 IST
The Black Naped Hare is a protected species under Schedule IV of the Wildlife Protection Act. The officials seized two guns with silencers and a telescope. Five Hyderabad men arrested from Nizamabad for poaching, a hare found | Photo Credit: PTI
Hyderabad: The vigilance and anti-poaching officials of the state’s Forest Department nabbed five people involved in poaching from Nizamabad yesterday.
Luqman Affendi, the prime accused, along with four others was caught after officials raided a rice mill at Jokora hamlet near Varni in the district. The forest officials found a Black Naped Hare after a proper search of the region. The other arrested ones are Imran Affendi, Shaik Raaz Ahmed, Md Jameel and Md Shahrukh.