{"id":6851,"date":"2019-04-17T16:10:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T10:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/?p=6851"},"modified":"2019-04-17T16:10:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T10:40:22","slug":"jaipur-man-arrested-for-keeping-tortoise-at-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/jaipur-man-arrested-for-keeping-tortoise-at-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaipur: Man arrested for keeping tortoise at house"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jaipur: Jaipur police and a team of forest department\nofficials arrested a man on Tuesday identified as Vishal Singh for keeping a\nstar tortoise at his house. The man has been keeping the protected wild animal\nfor the past one and a half years. He brought the tortoise due to his\nsuperstition that it was a good omen and bring him fortune. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accused Vishal Singh is a resident of Malviya Nagar area\nin Jaipur. Police arrested the accused from his house on Tuesday after getting\nthe information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the police, Vishal Singh has confessed that he\nused to worship the tortoise with Hindu rituals. Some Pundit told him to keep\nthe tortoise at his house as a solution to his family-related problems and\nVastu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The star tortoise has been seized and placed in the care of\nwildlife experts, added officials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A case under relevant sections of wildlife protection act\n1972 has been registered by the forest department following his arrest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The keeping and trading of wildlife and wildlife parts or\nproducts is an offense in India and other parts of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year in November, the government railway police (GRP)\nof Jaipur arrested a woman for smuggling turtles and other animal parts. Around\n38 turtles were found with her. She stuffed the protected animals in a piece of\ncloth and was traveling with a 2-year-old girl and was arrested at Jaipur railway\nstation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaipur: Jaipur police and a team of forest department officials arrested a man on Tuesday identified as Vishal Singh for keeping a star tortoise at his house. The man has been keeping the protected wild animal for the past one and a half years. 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