Teasers take selfies with python

Rajkot: The forest department in Bhavnagar district swung into action after a video of some people harassing a python in a field started doing the rounds on social media on Tuesday.
The department has identified the persons and start the legal procedure of action after preliminary interrogation. The person seeing harassing the python, a Schedule-I specie, was identified Kishor Dhapa who is also snake catcher. One person is seen pulling the python from behind. At one point of time, the reptile is also seen trying to attack some of them. People are also seen taking selfies in various poses with python.
Officials said the video is believed to have been recorded in Hathab village, some 24km from Bhavnagar. Deputy conservator of forest Sandeep Singh said, “We will soon detain the persons seen in the video.”