Mysuru: In an incident that occurred on Wednesday, an Adivasi youngster was reportedly shot by a forest department staff and injured for trivial reasons near Bailukuppe’s Ranigetu Jenukurubara Haadi at Piriyapattana Taluk.

The injured Adivasi youth has been identified as Jenukuraba Haadi resident Basava. He was reportedly shot by the Forest Department watchman named Subramani and three other men working in the department. The wife of the victim, Pushpa has accused the Forest Department staff of attempting to kill Basava.

Amid this, the Forest Department staff have also registered a complaint against the victim with the police citing that Basava and his associates were allegedly carrying Sandalwood logs.

Basava who has sustained gunshot wounds was admitted to the K. R Hospital in Mysuru for treatment.

Incident Details: On Wednesday (Dec. 1), Basava who had gone to harvest the corn had reportedly ventured to the exterior parts and thus gone into the regions belonging to a man named Annaiah. During this time, the Forest Department watchman Subramani and others including Mahesh, Siddu, and a Guard named Manju chased Basava. When they were not able to catch him, Subramani used his gun and shot at Basava. The gunshot has hit Basava’s back, Pushpa informed in her complaint filed at the Bailukuppe police station.

The injured was admitted at Kushalnagar Hospital, and later taken to Mysuru K. R Hospital for further treatment, it is learned.

“1.5 months ago, the very forest department staff that shot Basava had fought with us regarding a tree in front of our residence. We had questioned the injustice of the staff. They have shot and done this evil deed out of that hatred”, the victim’s wife Pushpa accused.

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Washington (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Iran with more bombing if it doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz, amid a report that the warring sides were nearing an agreement to end the war.

US media outlet Axios reported, quoting US officials and two other sources, that the US and Iran were getting close to a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and set a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations.

The US expects Iranian responses on several key points over the next 48 hours, Axios reported, adding that nothing has been agreed yet. This was the closest the parties had been to an agreement since the war began.

"Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

"If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before," Trump said.

According to Axios, the deal would involve Iran committing to a moratorium on nuclear enrichment, the US agreeing to lift its sanctions and release billions in frozen Iranian funds, and both sides lifting restrictions around transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

It said many of the terms laid out in the memo would be contingent on a final agreement being reached, leaving the possibility of renewed war or an extended limbo in which the hot war has stopped, but nothing is truly resolved.