Keeping parrots in captivity and uploading videos on YouTube proved costy for a youth of Odisha’s Keonjhar district as he was arrested for allegedly violating the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The arrested YouTuber was identified as Chinmay Mahanta, a 25-year-old.
Chinmay was arrested for alleged violation of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Chinmay was arrested on the basis of a complaint by the Honorary Wildlife Warden of Khurda Subhendu Mallik to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife). He was arrested by Range Officer Manas Kumar Murmu of Bhuiyan Zhuang Pirdh Rangers on the instructions of PCCF.
The action against the YouTuber was launched following a complaint by Honorary Wildlife Warden of Khurda Subhendu Mallik to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife).
Following an order from the PCCF, Chinmay was arrested under relevant sections of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
In an email to the PCCF-Wildlife and Chief Wildlife Warden of Odisha, Subhendu Mallik accused Chinmay of torturing and hunting Alexandrine parakeets.
Numerous videos were posted on Chanmay’s channel with hunted parakeets and they provide prima facie evidence of a non-bailable wildlife offence that warrants the immediate arrest of Chinmay, DFO Dhanraj HD claimed.
The videos uploaded on YouTube by the youth using hunted parakeets provide sufficient ground for taking strict action against him, Mallik claimed.
