A Ratnagiri farmer burnt alive an Indian Rock Python that preyed on his rooster. The Forest Department has arrested the accused and two women with him, who all confessed to having killed the snake.   

On June 22, Raghunath Patkar, from Nate village near Rajapur in Ratnagiri saw a python feasting on a rooster belonging to him. Two other villagers, Vandana Vijay Parkar and Mansi Parkar also saw it. In anger, one of the three accused hit the snake, injuring it. They then kept the injured snake under the dry branches of a coconut tree and set it ablaze. They also shot a video of the same and posted it on a local WhatsApp group. When wildlife lovers and the Forest Department learnt of it, they started looking for the accused.