India, Dec. 24 -- The Wildlife Department has registered an FIR over illegal hunting of migratory birds at Akera-Kotla Lake in Nuh district, said officials on Tuesday.

Based on a written complaint by inspector Rajneesh Kumar, the Akera police station on Sunday registered a case under Section 9 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, against unknown persons for trapping and hunting protected birds, police said.

The action follows mounting evidence such as pictures and videos showing that the lake, an established winter refuge for migratory species, has been targeted by poachers, added police.

On March 22, HT had reported the alarming scale of bird hunting at Kotla, exposing the black-market trade in birds where one migratory bird such a...