Human rights groups to probe shooting of three persons in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary
Human rights organizations are launching a fact-finding mission to investigate the fatal shooting of three farmers by Karnataka Forest Department personnel in the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary. While the Forest Department claims the men were armed poachers who fired first, family members and activists dispute this, asserting the victims were farmers tending to livestock.
Why it matters
The incident highlights ongoing tensions between forest conservation efforts and the rights of local communities living near protected areas.
Human rights groups to probe shooting of three persons in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary left The Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary File Photo File Photo https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/s900jn/article71620643.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/Hanur-shoot-outGQ3GDN8JB.3.jpg.jpg th-online Administrator A file photo of the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary. File photo MYSURU A network of human rights organisations will conduct a fact-finding mission into the fatal shooting of three persons in the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district that took place in the early hours of August 20, 2026. The two-day high-level fact-finding mission, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, October 26 and 27, will be jointly led by former Solapur Commissioner Harish Mangalal Baijal, IPS, and retired Karnataka Forest Service officer Raju, a former IFS officer. Representatives of several human rights organisations will be part of the mission.
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