India, April 26 -- An unidentified driver was booked for allegedly killing a peacock after hitting it with a car on a road in front of the DLF Magnolias club in Sector 42, Gurugram, police said on Saturday. An FIR was registered at Sushant Lok police station under section 281 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and sections 9, 39 and 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Police said the incident took place between 9.30am and 10am on Thursday. A woman resident of the society spotted the peacock dead and alerted authorities.

A police team reached the spot and seized the remains of the bird, which is a Schedule-I animal under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, making its killing a non-bailable offence.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer...