Three held in tiger poisoning case sent to five-day forest custody in Hanur
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Chamarajanagar: Three men arrested in connection with the killing of a tiger in the Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary near Pachchedoddi village in Hanur taluk have been remanded to five days’ custody of the forest department.
The accused Pachemallu, Ganesh, and Shampu were produced before the Hanur court on Saturday. Judicial Magistrate Kavyashree ordered that the trio be handed over to forest officials for five days of custody and adjourned the further hearing of the case.
Forest officials have so far identified seven persons involved in the incident, in which a tiger that had preyed on cattle was allegedly poisoned to death near Pachchedoddi. On Sunday, officials had taken four persons — Pachemallu, Ganesh, Shampu, and Govind Gowda into custody for questioning.
Upon investigation, officials found no direct involvement of Govind Gowda in the crime and released him, while the other three were formally arrested and produced before the court.
Meanwhile, four other accused are reportedly absconding, and efforts are on to trace and arrest them, officials said.
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Allen, Raghuvanshi, Green power KKR to 29-run win over GT
Kolkata (PTI): Finn Allen blasted a 35-ball 93, while Angkrish Raghuvanshi hit an unbeaten 44-ball 82 as Kolkata Knight Riders kept their playoff hopes alive with a 29-run win over Gujarat Titans in the IPL match here on Saturday.
Sent in to bat, Allen went on a six-hitting spree, smashing 10 maximums and four boundaries to add 95 off 41 balls with Raghuvanshi (82).
Raghuvanshi then shared another 108 off 53 balls with Cameron Green (52 not out) to power KKR to a challenging 247 for 2.
In reply, GT could manage 218-4, riding on skipper Shubman Gill's 49-ball 85 and a 35-ball 57 from Jos Buttler. Opener Sai Sudarsan was retired hurt but returned to make a 28-ball 53 not out.
Sunil Narine (2/29) claimed two wickets and Saurabh Dubey snapped one for KKR.
For GT, Mohammed Siraj (1/50), Sai Kishore (1/38) were the wicket-takers.
Brief Score:
KKR: 247 for 2 in 20 overs (Finn Allen 93, Angkrish Raghuvanshi 82 not out, Camero Green 52 not out; Mohammed Siraj 1/50).
GT: 218 for 4 in 20 overs (Shubman Gill 85, Sunil Narine 2/29).
