CCTV footage from the Maharashtra Forest Department showed the four men lurking around the forest and entering the Sahyadri Tiger Shelter, which was set up by the Indian government in 2008 to protect Bengal tigers. In addition to the video of the men sexually abusing the screen lizard, officials also found photos of various animals such as pigs and deer on the men’s phones. Bengal lizards can grow up to five and a half feet in length and weigh almost 16 kilograms. They are currently classified as protected species under the 1972 Wildlife Conservation Act. The rangers initially caught only one of the accused, while the others fled. The other three were later found in the village of Hativ in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. Officials said the men came to the village of Chandoli in Kolhapur from Konkan to hunt. The four hunters have been identified as Sandeep Tukram, Pawar Mangesh, Janardhan Kamtekar and Akshay Sunil. The case was taken to the Criminal Court of India to discuss appropriate legal action and charges against the four men. According to the Indian Penal Code, Article 377 stipulates that anyone who voluntarily has sexual intercourse with an animal “shall be punished by life imprisonment or by imprisonment for either of the two descriptions for a period which may extend to ten years, and shall also be subject to a fine.” Selected image via RoundGlass Sustain Do you like this content? Read more from NextShark! Chinese-Americans unite via WeChat to fight COVID-19 in New York despite abuse A New York judge has ordered the Nursing Service to pay $ 1.56 million to Filipino nurses for threatening them with fines Arkansas senator wants to ban Chinese students from studying “advanced” science and technology in US “Is it a Philippine issue?”: Vietnamese man harassed for dinosaur child flag, smashed car windows
