Villagers lock forest officials inside cage set for Tiger capture in Gundlupet
Chamrajnagar: An unusual incident was reported from Bommalapura village in Gundlupet taluk, where angry villagers locked forest officials inside an iron cage that had been set up to trap a tiger.
For the past few days, people living in Bommalapura and other villages along the Bandipur forest boundary have been troubled by the presence of a tiger in the area. Villagers had repeatedly appealed to the Bandipur National Park authorities and tiger reserve staff to capture the animal, citing safety concerns.
Acting on these complaints, the forest department had placed a cage in Bommalapura to capture the tiger. However, the big cat did not fall into the trap, leaving the villagers frustrated.
On Friday, when forest officials visited the village again, the angry residents decided to lock them inside the very cage meant for the tiger. Reports say the officials were taken aback and pleaded with the villagers to release them.
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Karnataka HC quashes BJP's defamation case against Rahul Gandhi
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed the defamation proceedings initiated by the BJP against top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
The case was filed in 2023, when BJP was in power in Karnataka, following a "corruption rate card" published by the then opposition Congress to claim large scale irregularities prevailing in the state under the saffron party's rule.
Along with Gandhi, now Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, the BJP had accused the then Karnataka LoP Siddaramaiah and Congress state president D K Shivakumar.
Presently Siddaramaiah is the Chief Minister and Shivakumar is his deputy.
Challenging the defamation case, Gandhi had approached the High Court stating that the continuation of the case would be an abuse of law.
The bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav allowed the petition.
The complainant said that Rahul Gandhi, Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar had conspired together to defame the BJP government and made baseless allegation and insinuation.
