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Six arrested for poaching peacocks

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Press Trust of India Dindigul (TN)
Six persons have been arrested on charges of poaching peacocks and peahens at Chennamanaiyakanpatti near here, officials said today.

A country gun, carcasses of four peacocks and a peahen were among the items seized from them last night, they said.

A case has been registered against them for keeping a country gun without licence.The forest department also registered a case for poaching the birds, officials added.

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First Published: May 31 2014 | 6:12 PM IST

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