India, March 16 -- A rare caracal was allegedly killed and partially burnt in the border area of Rajasthan's Jaisalmer,leading to the arrest of three people.

The incident occurred in the Shahgarh region near the India-Pakistan border, where forest officials later recovered the half-burnt carcass of the rare wild cat from sand dunes after an extensive search operation.

Acting on the viral video, the forest department arrested three accused and seized a tractor suspected to have been used in the incident.

According to officials, the search operation was launched after a video showing the killing of the rare wild cat surfaced online in the border region of Jaisalmer.

District forest officer (DFO) Kumar Shubham confirmed the development, ...