Lion selfie case: Ravindra Jadeja pays Rs 20,000 penalty

Ahmedabad: Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja was let off by Gujarat timberland dialect after he paid a excellent of Rs 20,000 for a holding selfie with lions during Gir Wildlife Sanctuary during Sasan in Junagadh, an act particularly taboo by law.

Lion selfie case: Ravindra Jadeja pays Rs 20,000 penalty
Ravindra Jadeja’s argumentative design with lions at Gir Wildlife Sanctuary

Since Jadeja is out of a country, his father-in-law Hardevsinh Solanki, a proprietor of Rajkot, gave a matter on interest of Jadeja and paid a excellent recently, Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF), Junagadh, A P Singh said. The exploration news is nonetheless to be sent to authorities.

“We have collected Rs 20,000 excellent from Jadeja for flouting manners inside a refuge during his revisit in June. Since he was not available, we have taken matter from his father-in-law, who also paid a excellent on Jadeja’s behalf,” Singh said, adding that a exploration news is nonetheless to be sent to authorities.

On Jun 17, Singh systematic an exploration after some of a photos, where Jadeja along with his mother Reeva were seen station on a belligerent and posing in-front of lions, went viral on amicable media platforms.

Lion safari is one of a categorical attractions during Sasan, where a timberland dialect provides open-hood jeeps to tourists to watch lions inside a sanctuary. However, a tourists are taboo from ingress a car during a safari.

In one of a photos, Jadeja and Reeva were seen sitting on a belligerent and a lion resting underneath a tree behind. In another photo, a cricketer was seen indicating during lions. In some of a photographs, a timberland staff was also seen station with a integrate nearby their vehicles.

“Penalty and exploration news are dual opposite things. The exploration news will be sent to aloft authorities after we finalise it. Action opposite a timberland staff would be taken formed on a commentary of a report,” Singh added.

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