Chamarajanagar , Three alleged poachers were killed in an exchange of fire with forest personnel in the Datti forest area under the Shagya range here on Saturday, prompting Chief Minister D K Shivakumar to order a magisterial inquiry into the incident.
The police are monitoring the situation in the aftermath of the incident, sources added. The incident occurred around 5.10 am in the dense forest area falling under the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary when forest personnel, acting on information about hunting, encountered four men, Forest Minister Ramalinga Reddy said.
The deceased were residents of Thomiyarpalya in Hanur taluk, police sources said.
The bodies were shifted to a hospital mortuary in Mysuru, where post-mortem examinations were conducted after the arrival of family members, sources said.
“At that point, they allegedly attempted to fire. Two of them died on the spot.
The forest personnel told them, ‘We will fire in self-defence. One person was injured and was taken to hospital, where he reportedly died,” he said.
