Mumbai court fined man Rs 5,000 for feeding pigeons in public place

A court here has convicted a businessman and directed him to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 for feeding pigeons in a public place, holding his act was “likely to spread infections of diseases dangerous to life”.

The order came months after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation banned the feeding of pigeons in most parts of the city, citing public nuisance and health hazard to people.

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resident Nitin Sheth (52) was held for offering grains to pigeons at the now-shut ‘kabutarkhana’ (pigeon feeding station) in the city’s Mahim area on August 1.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate VU Misal (Bandra) convicted Sheth on December 22 after he voluntarily pleaded guilty to the charges and sought leniency.

Accepting his plea, the court sentenced him to pay a fine of Rs 5,000.