Tripura Govt Suspends Chief Wildlife Warden Over Akbar-Sita Row: Report
The move comes after the Kolkata high court asked why the pair of lions had been named Akbar and Sita, to cause 'controversy', after the Vishwa Hindu Parishad filed a petition regarding this on February 16.
VHP Moves Calcutta High Court Over Lioness Named 'Sita' Being Housed With Lion Named 'Akbar' At Siliguri Safari Park
The Bengal wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has moved the Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri, challenging the forest department's move to allegedly keep a lion named 'Akbar' with a lioness named 'Sita' in the same enclosure at Siliguri's Safari park.