21 Aug 24

Jaipur: Villagers protesting against poaching of Chinkara in Suratgarh and Sriganganagar district since Sunday blocked National Highway-62, which runs from Pathankot (Punjab) to Kandla Port (Gujarat), on Tuesday.

The protesters held a rally with a poached Chinkara, which had been kept in a deep freezer on a tractor. The protests began on Sunday around 6am after farmer Bajrang Poonia from village 64 LNP in Suratgarh found an injured Chinkara in the bushes.

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