Sagar (Madhya Pradesh): A team from the Forest Department reached the house of former BJP MLA Harvansh Singh Rathore in Sagar on Friday to seize the illegaly-kept crocodiles. As the pond is deep, it is unclear how many crocodiles are present.
A video showing crocodiles near the artifical pond built on the premises of Rathore has surfaced on social media, sending netizens in shock!
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District Forest Officer of North Sagar, Chandrashekhar, told the Free Press that the search operation is underway to locate the crocodiles that were being tamed illegally. Due to the depth of the pond, the crocodiles have not yet been found.
He added that after the search operation, the crocodiles will be released into the Nauradehi Sanctuary. Additionally, action under the relevant sections of wildlife laws will be taken against the property owner.
Notably, the Income Tax Department had raided Rathore's house recently to investigate tax evasion. During the raid, unaccounted transactions orth Rs 150 crore and 4kg gold was unearthed. The team also discovered some crocodiles in the pond.
However, the Forest Department had not been informed about the crocodiles by the IT department.
It was only due to media reports regarding the sighting of crocodiles at Rathore's house that the Forest Department took action and reached the property to seize the crocodiles.
