Etawah,

05 Oct (HS): During checking, under Saifai police station in Etawah district of

Uttar Pradesh arrested a Kathawachak (storyteller) who was carrying a deer in

his car. The police handed over the deer to the forest department team and

started investigation into the matter. District Forest Officer Vikas Nayak

informed the forest department on Sunday that during checking, the police team

arrested the storyteller along with a deer from a car. The forest department

team took the deer into custody from the police. On questioning the arrested

storyteller, he told his name as Abhilakh Shastri, resident of Bhind, Madhya

Pradesh.

He

told the police that he was traveling from Bhind to Aligarh in his car. On the

way, he spotted a deer surrounded by some dogs and harassing it. To protect it

from the dogs, he took the deer into his car and promised to hand it over to

the police later. Police and forest department teams are now investigating

whether the narrator is telling the truth or whether he was taking the deer

with the intention of smuggling it. If found guilty, legal action will be taken

against the narrator.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi