Days after actor Sayaji Shinde highlighted the incident of birds being shot using catapults on the Ghatkopar Mankhurd flyover, the Thane Forest Department arrested a teenager who allegedly killed birds.

Deputy Conservator of Forest Santosh Saste from Thane Forest Department (Territorial) said, “On June 18, a picture of a teenager holding a heron in his hand on Ghatkopar Mankhurd flyover near Baiganwadi had gone viral on Twitter. Following the same, our team started investigation into the matter and an offence was registered under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 as the bird is a protected species.”