Youth held for clicking pictures while standing on a tortoise

Youth held for clicking pictures while standing on a tortoise

FP Archives February 19, 2015, 14:58:25 IST

A youth has been arrested here for “illegally” entering the enclosure of a tortoise at a zoo and then clicking pictures standing on it for posting them on a popular social networking site in a bid to get more ’likes'.

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Youth held for clicking pictures while standing on a tortoise

Hyderabad: A youth has been arrested here for illegally entering the enclosure of a tortoise at a zoo and then clicking pictures standing on it for posting them on a popular social networking site in a bid to get more ’likes'.

tortoise Mohd Abdul alias Fazal Sheikh had illegally entered the enclosure of a tortoise at Nehru Zoological Park in May last year and took photos of him standing on the animal. He then posted the pictures on Facebook for getting more ’likes’, Bahadurpura police station inspector Harish Kaushik said on Thursday.

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A local daily carried the youth’s pictures standing on the tortoise, yesterday, following which the Zoo authorities filed a compliant.

“A local daily had carried the photos after which Zoo authorities lodged a complaint. After verifying with the newspaper and the boy’s Facebook profile, Mohd Abdul was picked up last night,” the officer said.

During interrogation, Abdul, who works with an auto garage, said he took the photos standing on the tortoise “just for fun”, he said.

Abdul was booked on charge of trespass under relevant IPC section and relevant provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act, Kaushik added.

PTI

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