KAMAREDDY: Telangana police on Saturday nabbed a six-member gang of poachers and seized two deer chopped into pieces, one rifle, three live bullets, two cars and knives from them in Polkampet forest area in Kamareddy district.
According to Lingampet police, a patrolling party noticed two cars moving suspiciously in the Polkampet forest area and when they tried to stop the vehicles, they sped away. The patrolling party alerted Lingampet sub-inspector (SI) Shankar and Yellareddy Circle Inspector (CI) Srinivas who reached the spot and started trying to track the cars.
Near Ilapur, they noticed a car parked. When they approached it, a man tried to run away from the place. The police personnel managed to catch him. During interrogation, Mohammed Hamed, a native of Hyderabad, revealed that he and his associates had come to Kamareddy to hunt deer in the Polkampet forest area. “We shot two deer and cut the bodies into pieces and stored them in my car,” Hamed revealed.
After noticing the police patrolling party approaching, the other members of the gang escaped in the second car. The police control room was informed and all borders were closed. The second car was stopped by police at Pharidpet under Machareddy Police station limits.