Maharashtra
\nIn a horrific incident in India, police booked four men who allegedly raped, killed, and then ate a monitor lizard after cooking it, Vice reported.
\nThe incident took place at the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, in the state of Maharashtra.
\nThe security footage in the forest caught the men trespassing in the reserve\u2019s Chandoli National Park. Forest officials found videos of the accused men gang-raping an already endangered animal, a monitor lizard, on their phones.
\n\u201cI have never seen a crime like this before,\u201d division forest officer Vishal Mali said. \u201cThe men are in their 20s and 30s, and they appear to have done it for fun. There was no religious or black magic agenda.\u201d
\nThe accused were identified as Akshay Kamtekar, Mangesh Kamtekar, Sandeep Pawar, and Ramesh Ghag.
\nThey were arrested under India\u2019s Wildlife Protection Act 1972. They were, however, granted bail last week by a local court.
\n\u201cNot only is this cruel, but there is a risk of zoonotic diseases from this kind of case. There are concerns of men carrying STDs and other infections from their act,\u201d Mali said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Maharashtra In a horrific incident in India, police booked four men who allegedly raped, killed, and then ate a monitor lizard after cooking it, Vice reported. The incident took place at the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, in the state of Maharashtra. The security footage in the forest caught the men trespassing in the reserve\u2019s Chandoli National […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6214,2187,6213],"class_list":{"0":"post-256619","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-gang-rape","9":"tag-kill","10":"tag-monitor-lizard"},"yoast_head":"\n