Hyderabad, Oct. 20 -- The Malakpet police have registered a case against three people for allegedly hunting deer in a forest area in Karnataka using a licensed sporting rifle and night-vision equipment.

According to the police, the three men, Syed Hussain, 47, Syed Omer, 49, and Mohammed Hameed, 40, residents of Teegalguda in Malakpet, were intercepted during vehicle checking near the racecourse on Saturday, October 17.

Police had received information that they were travelling in a Mahindra Scorpio after allegedly hunting deer in the Chimmanchod forest area of Chincholi taluk in Kalaburagi district, Karnataka.

During the inspection, police seized a .30-06 sporting rifle fitted with a night-vision telescope, eight live rounds of ammunit...