Bandipora: Forest Protection Force (FPF) on Tuesday said that they have recoveree a punt gun, a boat and contraband articles from a boat at Lankreshipora area of Bandipora district in North Kashmir.
Reports quoting Assistant director Operations Mohammad Younis said that they had received a ‘tip off regarding the use of punt guns at Wular lake’.
The Punt gun is used for killing certain bird species.
Officials claimed that a 09-feet long punt gun, a boat and live shells were seized from the spot.
The Punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in wetlands to shoot large numbers of waterfowl for commercial hunting.
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Courtesy Kashmir Convenor.
