08 February - 14 February '09The Anti Poaching Unit, Vigilance Wing of forest department with the help of PAWS-Mumbai team laid a trap on Saturday and arrested two person persons, Mohammed Siddiq Sayyad & Farhan Anwar Khan with a Black Winged Kite in a Black Santro car No.: MH 04 BY 9368. On Sunday they were presented before The Holiday Magistrate’s Court in Bandra and sentence to seven days forest custody.
During the interrogation, he given the name of a shop keeper at Crawford Market and Mohammed Siddiq Sayyad was taken to the spot he identified Ashfaq Yasin Mohin, where two Hawks were recovered from his shop. This bird is protected under Schedule I Part III of Wildlife Protection Act 1972. This arrested man has been doing illegal activity of selling protection birds in the past also and has been booked for such an offence. Ashfaq Yasin Mohin was produced before Andheri Court for seven days forest custody.
Sunish Subramanian, Hony. Animals Welfare Officer & Founder PAWS-Mumbai said, “As Crawford market is well known for illegal wildlife trade, the forest department should keep a regular check and also setup forest check posts at all the gates of Crawford, it is also the duty in front of the Market.
Recently, Indian armed forces had captured one such bird from Indo-Pak border in Rajasthan, such birds are used for surveillance of our border area by Pakistan.
