Two tourists and four other persons have been fined a total of Rs 1.75 lakh for allegedly trespassing into a reserved Gir forest area to watch the Asiatic lions in their natural habitat in Gujarat’s Amreli district.
Of these six persons, three are locals and a hotelier who made arrangements for the tourists to watch lions after entering the restricted area of Sarasiya range forest without permission.
The incident came to light around three weeks back, following which three locals were caught for helping some tourists to enter the reserved forest area illegally.