4 held in Chamarajanagar for hunting, cooking deer in forest areas of district
Chamarajanagar: Forest officials on Friday arrested four men who had allegedly hunted deer in the forest region of the district.
The arrested men have been identified as Muttappa, Irfan Baig and Salim of Basappanadoddi village and Venkatesh, who is a resident of Ajipura village.
The forest officials had raided a house in the Vadakehalla forest area of the Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary on receiving a tip-off that a deer had been hunted in the area and the hunters were also cooking the meat. The officials confiscated 11 kg meat, a rifle and two-wheelers from the arrested men, who have been remanded in judicial custody by the court.
The investigation team included Regional Forest Officer Praveen Kumar, Deputy Regional Forest Officers Salan and Prasad, Conservators of Forest Parashuram and Anil Kumar and forest guards Ganesh and Prabhu.
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Minister Parameshwara says remarks on properties linked to drug peddlers 'misunderstood'
Tumakuru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said his recent remarks on the demolition of properties linked to those involved in narcotics trade were "misunderstood and misinterpreted".
His clarification follows remarks made two days ago on the government's uncompromising crackdown on the drug menace, including action against properties linked to foreign nationals allegedly involved in drug trafficking.
"It is unfortunate. It is taken in the wrong sense. I didn't mean that tomorrow itself I am going to send bulldozers and demolish the houses. That was not my intention. It was wrongly taken," he told reporters here.
Responding to Congress MLC K Abdul Jabbar's question in the legislative council on the growing drug menace in Bengaluru, Davangere and coastal districts, the minister on Thursday detailed the extensive enforcement measures initiated since the Congress government assumed office.
Pointing to the involvement of some foreign nationals, the minister had said, "Many foreign students from African countries have come to Karnataka. They are into the drug business. We catch them and register cases against them, but they want the case to be registered because once the case is registered, we cannot deport them."
"We have gone to the extent of demolishing the rented building where they stay," he had said.
