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Jaipur: Armymen camping in Barmer - a border district in Rajasthan - for 'Sudarshan Shakti' exercise allegedly slaughtered three chinkaras on Thursday late night for their meal. A court of inquiry has been ordered by the Army after the forest department lodged a complaint and probe has already begun.
Around 60,000 personnel of army's Southern Command and Indian Air Force's South Western Air Command (SWAC) are camping in Rajasthan as a part of the exercise to strengthen battle skills on the borders of Jaisalmer and Barmer.
In a similar case in 1998, Bollywood actors Salman Khan and others, who were shooting a film in Jodhpur, were charged with killing of protected species of deer and a case was registered against them.
Acting on a tip off that army personnel killed chinkara - a protected deer species under the Wildlife Protection Act - the forest department team raided a base camp of 88 Armed Workshop Unit of Electronic Mechanical Engineering Wing in Nimbla village on Friday.
The forest officers recovered severed heads of three chinkara and their body parts in utensils from the camp site. They also recovered the blood-stained knife, possible used to kill the deer, from the make-shift kitchen.
A forest department official said forensic science laboratory experts collected blood and meat samples and the post-mortem of the remains too was conducted.
During close examination of the unit, blood stains were also found on the Army gypsy, which they probably used to carry chinkaras to their camp.
Investigations so far have revealed that the armymen allegedly killed three chinkara, two male and one female, near the Desert National Park in Barmer and brought them to the camp in their gypsy.
However, the possibility of involvement of local villagers in hunting the deer is not being ruled out.
Sources said army officials came to know about the incident during the night when forest department team interrogated armymen, present in the camp, they failed to give a satisfactory reply following which officials ordered an investigation into the matter.
Army spokesperson Colonel SD Goswami said considering the seriousness of the issue, a court of inquiry has been ordered. "We will initiate strict action against the guilty. Army is extending full support to the local police and the forest department, who are carrying out the probe in the matter," he said.
In the midst of wargames, armymen feast on chinkaras - www.daily.bhaskar.com
Around 60,000 personnel of army's Southern Command and Indian Air Force's South Western Air Command (SWAC) are camping in Rajasthan as a part of the exercise to strengthen battle skills on the borders of Jaisalmer and Barmer.
In a similar case in 1998, Bollywood actors Salman Khan and others, who were shooting a film in Jodhpur, were charged with killing of protected species of deer and a case was registered against them.
Acting on a tip off that army personnel killed chinkara - a protected deer species under the Wildlife Protection Act - the forest department team raided a base camp of 88 Armed Workshop Unit of Electronic Mechanical Engineering Wing in Nimbla village on Friday.
The forest officers recovered severed heads of three chinkara and their body parts in utensils from the camp site. They also recovered the blood-stained knife, possible used to kill the deer, from the make-shift kitchen.
A forest department official said forensic science laboratory experts collected blood and meat samples and the post-mortem of the remains too was conducted.
During close examination of the unit, blood stains were also found on the Army gypsy, which they probably used to carry chinkaras to their camp.
Investigations so far have revealed that the armymen allegedly killed three chinkara, two male and one female, near the Desert National Park in Barmer and brought them to the camp in their gypsy.
However, the possibility of involvement of local villagers in hunting the deer is not being ruled out.
Sources said army officials came to know about the incident during the night when forest department team interrogated armymen, present in the camp, they failed to give a satisfactory reply following which officials ordered an investigation into the matter.
Army spokesperson Colonel SD Goswami said considering the seriousness of the issue, a court of inquiry has been ordered. "We will initiate strict action against the guilty. Army is extending full support to the local police and the forest department, who are carrying out the probe in the matter," he said.
In the midst of wargames, armymen feast on chinkaras - www.daily.bhaskar.com