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Updated On: 29 July, 2009 09:29 AM IST | | Chetan R
BBMP and police get together to arrest key people involved in distributing snakes for Nagapanchami
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BBMP and police get together to arrest key people involved in distributing snakes for Nagapanchami
TWO leaders from the snake charmers' community have been put behind bars for possessing the reptiles, which is against wildlife laws.
Police arrested Abdul Razzaq, president, and Abdul Hussain, vice-president of the Snake Charmers' Association for possessing a cobra, rat snakes and a racer, on Nagapanchami.
"They were the key men who violated the Indian wildlife act," said a BBMP wildlife cell source. "They were trapped after a meticulous exercise to track them."
Preventive action
According to sources, the arrests were intended to put an end to over 400 snake charmers using the reptiles for rituals, black magic and street shows.
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