After the arrest of the deputy Rashkin with the killed elk, a case on illegal hunting was initiated

The Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a criminal case after the arrest in the Saratov region of the deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Valery Rashkin with a carcass of an elk in the trunk. About it informs regional department of the department.

The case was initiated under the article on illegal hunting.

“While inspecting the car, the police found fragments of an elk carcass, as well as an ax and 2 knives with traces of blood. The man who was driving the car explained that they, together with a comrade who was in the car as a passenger, noticed the carcass of a shot animal, after which they decided to butcher it, ”the Interior Ministry said.

Earlier today, Deputy Valery Rashkin caught with a dead elk in a car in the hunting grounds near Saratov. The deputy was offered to undergo a medical examination for the presence of alcoholic intoxication, which he refused.