14 arrested for Himalayan barking deer poaching in Uttarakhand

RUDRAPRAYAG (UTTARAKHAND): (Mar 7) Fourteen people were arrested here on Friday for alleged poaching of Himalayan barking deer, officials said.

They said the accused were arrested when they were preparing to cook the deer, which was hunted on Thursday.

Rudraprayag's Sub-Divisional Forest Officer Devendra Singh Pundir said 14 people from Kondli-Kwali village, adjacent to the Dudhatoli forest area, were arrested for hunting the Himalayan barking deer in the Khankhara range.