HYDERABAD: Wildlife officials recover species of rare birds
By Our Correspondent
HYDERABAD, Oct 17: The Sindh Wildlife department officials seized rare species of birds on Thursday and Friday in two separate cases amid injuries to two officials.
The Wildlife officials arrested Abdul Shakoor, son of Yakoob Mallah, resident of Jati, Thatta district, and recovered three falcons of rare species from his possession.
The accused told the officials that he was going to sell the falcons to Shaukat Pathan, a resident of Karachi, who smuggled the birds to foreign countries, specially in the Gulf region. Shakoor had caught the falcons near Maulah Katiyar without possessing a valid license from the department.
The officials have lodged a first offence report against the accused under sections 7, 10, 17 and 33 of the Sindh Wildlife Protection Act 1998 and detained him at the Jamali check post.
In a separate case, a team of the Wildlife officials seized two sand grouses near the Jamali check post when they intercepted two rickshaws carrying six persons, including a Nara prison police constable, Jehangir.
As the officials tried to seize the birds, Jehangir and others started grappling with them, causing injuries to the game watcher Ahmed Khaskheli and honorary game watcher Mohammad Ramzan.
Although Jehangir and others managed to escape, the birds were seized and a case registered under sections 7, 10, 17 and 33 of the act.
Official Mohammad Ismail later said the passengers were taking the sand grouses to Punjab, claiming that these belonged to the Nara prison superintendent, Sultan Mirza.
Ismail further said the birds were of a rare breed and were being smuggled to Punjab without a permit or a valid license from the department.
He said that the accused could be fined and punished by the district game warden under the said act.
SHC: Taluka Nazim Samaro Ghulam Mustafa Khaskheli on Thursday tendered an unconditional apology before the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, for contempt of court.
A division bench of the SHC accepted his apology, warning him not to behave in this manner in future.
An application against the Nazim was filed by two vegetable commission agents in which they had contended that he had deputed his men in Samaro town to collect the toll in violation of the high court’s May 15 order.
They said the Nazim prohibited traders from taking their commodities to the Sabzi Mandi established by the market committee.
They said some vegetables traders under compulsion shifted their commodities to new Sabzi Mandi set up by the Taluka Nazim.
They claimed, when they showed orders of the court to the Nazim, he refused to comply with it. The Taluka Nazim and TMO even asked petitioners to wind up their business otherwise they would be forcibly thrown out from there.
The court had ordered respondents not to interfere in working of petitioners so long they held valid license and continue business in accordance with the law and without violating conditions prescribed in license, if any.
They were also directed not to cause any harassment to petitioners in conducting their lawful business. If respondents were of the view that petitioners had committed any violation, they should first serve a notice in writing on petitioners.
