Following mid-day's report on how a few wildlife lovers spotted bikers racing on the mud track inside Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Forest Department officials have arrested five riders. It also has come to light that the person whose bike registration number had gone viral on social media was not a part of this biking group.

"We arrested the five bikers —Firoz Khan, Sagar Ramgade, Zubin Patel, Amit Japani and Yogi Chhabaria — on February 14 and under the Indian Forest Act 1927 Sections 26 and 65 and under Sections 27/1 and Section 50 and 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972. They were produced in court and released on conditional bail," Dilip Tonde, range forest officer from Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary said.