Mairaj Ahmed Khan be booked for Hunting - Naresh Kadyan
Mairaj Ahmed Khan be booked for Hunting - Naresh Kadyan
The Issue
The UN affiliated OIPA in India and PFA Haryana taken up this matter with the HE the President / Vice President / Prime Minister / Environment and Forest Minister for further directions to the concerned officials to book and arrest of Mairaj Ahmed Khan and others for crime against wildlife, investigation be handed over to the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau - WCCB of India, where as proof of burden on accused and OIPA in India issued notice under section 55 of the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 to the Chief Wildlife Warden of UP, DFO concerned. FIR has been lodged by the Khurja Police under section 9, 39, 51 but 120-B and 429 IPC also be imposed on all offenders.
BJP MP and chief patron of People for Animals Menaka Gandhi speaking to India TV demanded a CBI probe into the matter.
Menaka Gandhi alleged that the shooter had been inviting foreign nationals to participate in hunting, and in lieu of that he used to get payments in foreign exchange. This is also a foreign exchange law violation, she added.
Menaka Gandhi alleged that this could not have been possible without the connivance of the local DFO (District Forest Officer) and rangers.
Mairaj Ahmed Khan is presently in Doha, Qatar to take part in the 12th Asian Shooting Championship.
However, G.K.Agrawal, DFO Bulandshahar told India TV that there was no forest worth the name in and around Khurja, and he had no knowledge of the killing of sambhars.
Mairaj Ahmed Khan won the bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He also won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Shooting Championship. He is considered one of India’s foremost shooters.
An official of the National Rifle Association of India told India TV that the matter would be probed, and if found true, action would be taken against the shooter.
Ambika Shukla of People For Animals said, her organisation will file a complaint in court against the shooter.

The Issue
The UN affiliated OIPA in India and PFA Haryana taken up this matter with the HE the President / Vice President / Prime Minister / Environment and Forest Minister for further directions to the concerned officials to book and arrest of Mairaj Ahmed Khan and others for crime against wildlife, investigation be handed over to the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau - WCCB of India, where as proof of burden on accused and OIPA in India issued notice under section 55 of the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 to the Chief Wildlife Warden of UP, DFO concerned. FIR has been lodged by the Khurja Police under section 9, 39, 51 but 120-B and 429 IPC also be imposed on all offenders.
BJP MP and chief patron of People for Animals Menaka Gandhi speaking to India TV demanded a CBI probe into the matter.
Menaka Gandhi alleged that the shooter had been inviting foreign nationals to participate in hunting, and in lieu of that he used to get payments in foreign exchange. This is also a foreign exchange law violation, she added.
Menaka Gandhi alleged that this could not have been possible without the connivance of the local DFO (District Forest Officer) and rangers.
Mairaj Ahmed Khan is presently in Doha, Qatar to take part in the 12th Asian Shooting Championship.
However, G.K.Agrawal, DFO Bulandshahar told India TV that there was no forest worth the name in and around Khurja, and he had no knowledge of the killing of sambhars.
Mairaj Ahmed Khan won the bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He also won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Shooting Championship. He is considered one of India’s foremost shooters.
An official of the National Rifle Association of India told India TV that the matter would be probed, and if found true, action would be taken against the shooter.
Ambika Shukla of People For Animals said, her organisation will file a complaint in court against the shooter.

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Petition created on 7 January 2012