YouTuber couple arrested after they surrendered before the forest officials

By Akshya Rout

Jajpur,Mar 28 :  Popular YouTuber Monalisa Bhadra and her husband Badrinarayan  Bhadra  were arrested  on Thursday after they surrendered before the forest officials in the forest range office at Jajpur Road in Jajpur district.

On Sunday the forest officials filed a case against them on the alleged charge of posing themselves with  wild animals on social media platforms.

Earlier, a team of Forest personnel raided their house on Monday. But  we could not nab them as the couple fled from their house at Jahala village under Sadar police station. However , the couple surrendered before us on Thursday for which they  were  arrested  under the sections of 9,39 and 51of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 , said Jyoti Ranjan Mohapatra the Forest Range Officer of Jajpur Road.

It may be recalled that the state  government  has recently warned of serious action leading to imprisonment for people taking photographs or selfies with wild animals  and posting it on social media platforms  under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.