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Man held with 3 cobras in Shahkot
Nikhil Bhardwaj

A team of the forest department shows the recovered cobras in Meawal Araiyan village in Shahkot on Saturday. Photo by writer

Shahkot, April 28
A team of the district forest department today conducted a raid at Meawal Araiyan village near here and arrested a man with three cobra snakes.

The raid was conducted follwong a tip-off. A team led by Nikhil Sengar, honorary wildlife warden, Nawanshehar, and range officer Rajinder Kumar, laid a trap in the village and nabbed the accused.

The accused has been identified as Balkar Singh. He was reportedly using the reptiles to entertain people in marriage functions.

Meanwhile, a court has ordered the forest team to release the cobras in the forest.