A complaint has been filed with the Maharashtra Forest Department demanding action against two foreign influencers—including Michael Holston, an American exotic animal specialist who posts wildlife videos via his Instagram profile ‘therealtarzann’—and others for handling protected snake species near a forested patch close to Ghansoli in Navi Mumbai last week.

According to the complainant, Mumbai-based wildlife lover Anand Mohite, Holston—who has 13.1 million followers on Instagram—was in Navi Mumbai recently with another influencer, Mickael Aparicio, who hails from Bali, Indonesia. Mohite claimed that either on March 14 or 15, they were seen handling an Indian spectacled cobra and Indian rock python, which are protected under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.