Mysuru (Karnataka), Oct 14 (IANS) The Karnataka police have registered an FIR in opposition to 17 kingdom wooded area Department officers in reference to the death of a tribal man in Mysuru district, police stated.

The FIR had been booked against the Reserve Forest Conservator of Gundre Reserve Forest Amruthesh, Deputy Range Forest Officer (DRFO) Karthik Yadav, staffers Anand, Bahubali, Ramu, Shekaraiah, Sadashiva, Manju, Umesh, Sanjay, Raja Naik, Sushma, Mahadevi, Ayyappa, Somashekar, Tangamani and Siddique Pasha inside the Antharasanthe police station.

The grievance were booked in connection with the dying of 41-12 months-antique Kariyappa, a resident of Hisahalli Haadi close to the Gundre Reserve forest.

According to police, the woodland Department officials had taken Kariyappa and two others on Monday and stored them in unlawful custody, alleging that they had killed a deer inside the reserve wooded area.

The forty one-year-vintage tribal man was allegedly assaulted via the forest Department officials in custody. When he became sick, he changed into admitted to K.R. Hospital in Mysuru, in which he succumbed to injuries.

The local tribals alleged that Kariyappa’s loss of life turned into a homicide and staged a protest before the woodland Department.

The circle of relatives individuals of the deceased have stated that the wooded area Department officers got here to their residence and threatened that if they informed everybody approximately the whereabouts of Kariyappa, they would shoot they all and burn down their residence.

The circle of relatives contributors have additionally alleged that the forest Department officers hurled abuses in front of their girls and dragged them.

Later, Kariyappa was taken into custody. The own family had told police that they received a phone call from the DFRO Karthik Yadav to return and take Kariyappa home on Tuesday.

17 K’taka forest officers booked for custodial death of tribal man

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When the family members discovered that Kariyappa become serious after being assaulted in custody, that they had refused to take him to home. Later, the wooded area Department officials had shifted him to the sanatorium.

H.D. Kote tehsildar, Ratnambika had visited a mortuary in Mysuru following the dying of a tribal man and received information about it on Thursday.

She said that she was instructed via better government to gather data at the incident and to pacify the circle of relatives contributors of the deceased.

If autopsy file confirms attack at the tribal guy, movement can be initiated against the woodland department officers, she added.