They committed an incredible act with an endangered lizard
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Police in India have arrested four men who allegedly gang-raped, killed, cooked and eaten a rare, endangered orchid, at a forest reserve.
The strange and strange incident occurred on March 29, in the "Sahyadri" tiger reserve, in the state of Maharashtra in western India, according to the "Vice" website.
The four men were identified through surveillance cameras in the forest, designated for tracking tigers, and were arrested by local authorities between April 1 and 5, and officials found on their phones photos and videos of them doing their thing.
"I've never seen a crime like this before, the guys are in their twenties and thirties and it looks like they did it for fun. There was no religious agenda or black magic," said Forestry Officer Vishal Malli.
The website mentioned the names of the arrested men, and said they were "local residents."
They were charged under India's Wildlife Protection Act 1972. A local court granted them bail last week.
This type of lizard in India is threatened with extinction, and it is a protected species by law.
Violators can be punished with seven years in prison, according to the American Al-Hurra website.
According to a report by wildlife groups, 82 cases of sexual abuse of animals were recorded in India between 2010 and 2020, and 500,000 cases of animal-related crimes, including torture and murder, were recorded.
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