Bird lovers eager to save a badly injured male kite had to fight off a drunkard, who assumed custody of the bird and refused to hand it over to rescuers, in order to apply turmeric powder on its wound.


Kite-runner: Bablu Sayyed being led away by beat marshals after he attempted to walk away with the injured kite  

He was so adamant that he would not let rescuers so much as touch the bird. Ultimately, the local police had to intervene. Cops took him to the police chowky and handed over the bird to the rescuers for proper medical aid.