Doctor, Realtor held With Deer Meat in Hyderabad

The Tolichowki police arrested a doctor and a realtor for transporting banned deer meat and seized 10 kg of the contraband, three pairs of deer horns and five hunting rifles from their possession. 

According to Golconda ACP Syed Fiaz, police acted on a tip-off police and intercepted an MUV (AP09 BT 4716) in Tolichowki and arrested Dr Mohd Saleem Moosa of Sabza Colony and Mohd Iqbal Ali, a a realtor from Bazaarghat.

“ While we were searching the vehicle, our team found 10 kilograms of deer meat, three pairs of deer horns, three



licenced rifles with telescopes and two air rifles from their possession,” Fiaz said. 

The duo initially tried to mislead authorities but later confessed to possessing the prohibited wildlife products, the ACP said. “We have seized Dr Moosa’s arms licence and handed the weapons to the forest beat officer for further investigation, he said.

The arrests were made for hunting animals in the prohibited list. “We have intimated the zonal head for cancellation of the arms licence, the case is under investigation,” a police officer said.