Live
- BJP MP candidate Bharat Prasad visited the student who tried to commit suicide
- PM’s popularity in the fast lane: Autos with 'Har Dil Mein Modi' slogan spotted across Delhi
- Delhi-based political parties are like East India Company: Sukhbir Badal
- Golf: Diksha moves into Top-20 at South African Women’s Open
- KCR lashes out against BJP and Congress for destroying Telangana
- Dairy Science students visited the Milk cooling plant
- Moody feels Pant ahead in keepers’ race for T20 WC squad; Srikkanth picks Rahul over Samson as reserve keeper
- Thanking voters for extending 'unparalleled support' to NDA, PM Modi says second phase 'too good'
- Natural Relief for Menstrual Cramps: Beetroot Juice Recipe
- Asha Worker died in a road accident
Constable among five arrested for organizing cockfights in Bhongir
Cockfights ( Representational Pic)
The police on Thursday arrested five people including a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable for organizing cockfights at Chinna Palugu Thanda of Bibinagar mandal in Bhongir district
The police on Thursday arrested five people including a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable for organizing cockfights at Chinna Palugu Thanda of Bibinagar mandal in Bhongir district.
The arrested were identified as Yapala Madhusudhan, Marri Mahesh of Husnabad village, Mamillapalli Sridhar, a Railway Protection Force Constable, Banothu Bandu of Chinna Palugu Thanda in Bibinagar mandal, Bijili Rambabu of Eluru in Andhra Pradesh. The police also seized 30 bikes, a car, Rs 1.5 lakh cash from their possession.
According to Bhongir DCP Narayana Reddy, the five arrested have addicted to betting in cockfights and have planned to organise it in agricultural fields in Chinna Palugu Thanda. They bought cocks in Vijayawada and is all set to start the fight when the police raided the place. The raid was conducted by the SOT of Rachakonda commissionerate and Bibinagar police.
The five persons were collecting Rs 500 from each person as bet amount, the DCP said. They were held at Pochampally Chowrasta in Bibinagar.
The Bhongir police registered a case against the accused under TS gambling Act, 1974 and Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960.
