The pellet gun was found in the cabin of the watchman who monitors the lake (right) metal pellets were recovered from the bodies of the dead birds

Poachers seem to be stepping out of the shadows and are now brazenly hunting wildlife in broad daylight. The Thane forest department and police force are on the hunt for a hunter who shot down at least two Indian Cormorants at Ambe Ghosle lake in Thane west yesterday.