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Forest Department officials arrested a man for allegedly violating Wildlife Protection Act by raising a peacock at his residence in Kamegowdanahalli in Hunsur taluk.
Manju Nayak is the suspect. Acting on a tip-off, the Forest Mobile squad raided his house and rescued the peacock.
He is booked under the Wild Life Protection Act. He is remanded in judicial custody.