MITHI, Nov 20: The Nazim, union council Manjhthi, Mithi Taluka, and several villagers complained that three personnel of the game warden’s office, Mithi, trapped five peacocks in Dhanoro village.

They added when the villagers asked them to release the peacocks, they instead arrested two of the villagers and only allowed them to go on receiving bribe.

Speaking at a press conference at the press club Mithi on Tuesday, Adam Hingorjo, Nazim, union council Manjhthi, Hingoro, Khamiso and other residents of Dhanoro village alleged that Abdul Qayoom, Nimro Sand, and Yousuf Rahoomo, game policemen belonging to the office of the game warden, Mithi, accompanied by two poachers, Jairam Bhel and Dost Hingorjo, arrived in Dhanoro village on Thursday and trapped five peacocks in front of the houses of the Hingorjas.

When some of the villagers objected to the netting of peacocks, the wild life department employees arrested two villagers, Hingoro and Khamiso, and began to beat them up.

The complainants further alleged that the wild life department staffers threatened the two villagers that if they wouldn’t pay a sum of Rs10,000 then they would be implicated in a fake case of violation of the wild life act.

The villagers gave the wildlife department officials a bribe of Rs6,000 to save their skins.

The Nazim while talking to journalists said that the staffers of the game warden’s office often went to various villages to trap peacocks, deer, and other rare wildlife species and presented these creatures as gifts to the officers or sold them to influential people thus earning thousands of rupees through this illegal practice.

The Nazim and the villagers demanded the governor, Sindh, the secretary, wild life department, and other officials concerned to conduct an inquiry and take strict action against the wild life department employees concerned.

ONE ELECTROCUTED: A man, Dileep Luhana, aged 20 years, resident of Mithi, was electrocuted when he touched a live wire on Monday.