FIR against Assam CM, Sadhguru for night safari in Kaziranga National Park

Two local activists have lodged a complaint against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev for violating the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, by going on a night safari inside the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve on September 24.

After reopening the KNP for tourists on Saturday evening, Sadhguru drove a jeep inside the park in the evening with Sarma beside him. Assam Cabinet Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah and others also took the jeep safari at night, which according to the FIR, is a violation of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

The FIR was filed at Bokakhat police station in eastern Assam’s Golaghat district by Soneswar Narah of Morongial gaon and Prabin Pegu, a resident of Balijan Adarsha Mishing Gaon in Golaghat.