Hyderabad, Jan. 26 -- A rooster engaged in a cock-fight had a happy ending after a good samaritan won it in an auction with the intent of raising it. What's interesting is the auction was ordered by a judge after the rooster was rescued by police just before a cock-fight during the Sankranti festivities.

What happened

On January 12, the Moinabad police, on credible information of a cockfight in a fruit orchard in Azeez Nagar locality raided the spot and seized a rooster, Rs 10,000 in cash, 12 small knives used for the cock-fight, 5 motorbikes, and 6 cell phones.

Eight persons were arrested for engaging roosters in a cockfight. However, they received station bail afterwards.

Rooster's fate in question

Police however could not understa...