12 booked after video of bait for lion show goes viral

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Forest Department has booked 12 persons on the basis of a viral video in which a group of people can be seen watching an illegal show of a lion killing and feasting on a cow tied to a pole and used as bait at a village at Gir.

The illegal show was organised at a village in Devaliya range of Gir forest on 8th November as per the investigation conducted so far, as per an official. The Gujarat Forest Department has filed an FIR against 12 unidentified persons and 3 persons have been detained for questioning. In the viral video, some of the people can also be seen recording the show on their mobile phones. The accused are booked under various sections of the Wildlife (Protection) Act including sections pertaining to hunting (section 9).