Nine arrested for organising cockfight in Jayashankar Bhupalpally
Jayashankar Bhupalpally: Task Force police led by Inspector Gandrathi Mohan conducted raids on a cockfighting den in the forest area near Damerakunta village under the Kataram police station limits on Sunday and arrested nine persons for their alleged involvement in the cockfight. The police have seized Rs 7,150, six cell phones, six motorcycles, four roosters […]
Jayashankar Bhupalpally: Task Force police led by Inspector Gandrathi Mohan conducted raids on a cockfighting den in the forest area near Damerakunta village under the Kataram police station limits on Sunday and arrested nine persons for their alleged involvement in the cockfight.
The police have seized Rs 7,150, six cell phones, six motorcycles, four roosters and other material and handed over them to Kataram police for further investigation and legal action. The accused belonged to different villages of Kataram mandal in the district, said a press note. ASI Amarender Reddy, Task Force members Praveen, Raju, Srinath, Ranjith, Ashok and Home Guard Tirupati have participated in the raids.
11 booked for rooster fights in Asifabad
Kumram Bheem Asifabad: At least 11 persons were booked in separate incidents for indulging in an illegal cockfighting game in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district on Saturday.
Seven persons were booked for allegedly involving in banned cock-fights on the outskirts of Burugugedam village in Chintalamanepalli mandal on Saturday. Four roosters and Rs 6,000 cash in were recovered from them.
Chintalamanepalli Sub-Inspector N Sandeep Kumar said the accused were Made Akshinta Rao, Gundla Gangaram, Nikade Ravi, Nalli Arjaiah, Panem Sanjeev, Boire Madhu and Soyam Laxman, all belonging to Burugugudem and surrounding villages. They were found indulging in the offence when police conducted raids on a spot, following a tip off.
In another incident, four persons identified as Vagadi Shankar, Potte Srinivas, Korthe Diwakar, Sedmak Srinivas were booked on the charges of prohibited cockfights at Dimda village in this mandal on Sunday. Five cocks and Rs 44,000 cash were seized from them. A case was registered against the eleven under the Section 9 (II) of Telangana Gaming Act.
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