Overview
- Forest personnel say an anti‑poaching operation turned deadly when they were fired on and three men were killed in the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary on August 15.
- Karnataka ministers have defended the action as self‑defence and reported seizure of two country‑made pistols, ammunition and suspected deer meat from the site.
- A man who escaped has circulated a video claiming forest staff opened fire first, a claim that has not been independently verified by investigators.
- The state has ordered a magisterial inquiry, police have registered a case and samples from weapons and seized meat have been sent for lab analysis.
- Relatives and Tamil Nadu politicians demand a CBI or judicial probe while protesters damaged several anti‑poaching camps, raising security and federal‑relations risks.