Mysuru: Bandipur Tiger Reserve
forest staff on Tuesday
arrested three persons on charges of
poaching deer.
The arrested are
Menasinakai Mahesh,
Marimoole Mahesh, and
Shivakumar.
The trio had hunted a deer at the
Gopalaswamy Betta forest area coming under Bandipur Tiger Reserve. The foresters who got the tip-off arrested them and seized the carcass of the deer, a gun, torchlight , weapons, three bikes and two mobile phones.
Bandipur ACF K Paramesh said the accused were involved in poaching since 2014 and foresters were searching for them.