This Article is From May 10, 2012

Forest officer killed for stopping people from feeding crocodiles

Forest officer killed for stopping people from feeding crocodiles
Sirsi: A forest officer in Northern Karnataka has died from the injuries he received from a group of tourists.  MH Nayak was visiting a temple on May 6 when he saw he saw the group nearby, breaking the rules to feed wild crocodiles near a resort at Dandeli on the Kali river.  

When he intervened, the tourists -a group of 20- allegedly assaulted him.  His head was injured.  He died in hospital early on Wednesday morning.

The tourists were visitors at the Crocodile Valley resort in the Dandeli-Anshi tiger reserve

The police have registered a case and six people have been arrested.  Conservationists in Karnataka have urged the government to conduct an urgent inquiry to identify the attackers.

 

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