More than 1000 cases filed on cockfights

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 01:11 PM

More than 1000 cases filed on cockfights

Krishna January 17: Even as cockfights continue unperturbed in Andhra's coastal districts despite the ban, state DGP N Sambasiva Rao on Monday claimed that the police was not blind to the sport.

Stating that the department had registered 1,347 cases in the past few days, he added that 471 cases were registered in Krishna district, while another 337 were registered in West Godavari, and 136 in East Godavari.

Speaking to media persons, he also said 94 cases were registered in urban areas too, like Vijayawada and Guntur while.

Meanwhile, several crore rupees were bet on cockfights which began in parts of Andhra Pradesh last week, despite court orders banning them and warnings by police.

On the first day of the three-day Sankranti festival, cockfights were organized on a large scale in dozens of villages in Krishna, West Godavari and East Godavari district of coastal Andhra.