India, Feb. 6 -- A 71-year-old Indian-origin woman in Singapore was fined SGD 3,200 (approximately Rs.2,26,750) for feeding pigeons on February 4. Reportedly, she fed the birds 9 times over 6 months. She was fined under the Singapore Wildlife Act.

Sanmugamnathan Shamla regularly fed pigeons in the city-state's oldest housing estates. She pleaded guilty to all the charges.

Reportedly, this was not the first time she had been fined for feeding birds. Earlier, she was fined for feeding wild birds. At that time, she had promised not to repeat her gesture of feeding the birds, reported CNA.

Earlier, she was fined SGD 1,200 for feeding wild birds last May. She was illegally feeding the birds near her apartment in Toa Payoh. According to repo...