A peacock in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, was given state honours after being killed in a car accident.

Police officers buried the bird with complete state honours after the peacock was pronounced.

The peacock had become entangled in barbed wire after attempting to fly out of the way of an oncoming car.

Police officers had rushed the bird to a nearby vet but it was pronounced dead before it could be treated.

Footage from March 21 shows officers laying the bird to rest and draping an Indian flag over the peacock.

In 1963, the peacock was declared the national bird of India due its involvement in the country's religion and tradition.

TRICOLOUR TRIBUTE ACCORDED TO NATIONAL BIRD IN KANPUR

According to the information received, the national bird peacock, which was feeding near the Ganga barrage in the Kohana police station area, ran away on seeing a high speed vehicle, but the peacock flight is not usually high and due to this, it got entangled in the current barbed wire. Peacock started to suffer due to the current and the people of the area gave this information to the police. On receiving the information, Colonelganj Deputy Superintendent of Police Tripurari Pandey immediately rushed to the spot and got the peacock stuck in the barbed wire out. With this the vet was called for treatment, but the peacock succumbed before the vet was treated.

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Expressing sorrow over the death of the national bird peacock on Sparrow Day, the Deputy Superintendent of Police directed the policemen that the last rites of the national bird be performed with state honors. Subsequently, the Deputy Superintendent of Police conducted a post-mortem of the peacock's body and wrapped the body in the national flag and performed the last rites with state honors. All the policemen also paid tribute to the national bird and the citizens appreciated this by seeing the police.