No state should interfere: CM Shivakumar warns Tamil Nadu over Chamarajanagar killings
· India · Times of India, The Hindu, Hindustan Times
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar warned Tamil Nadu politicians against interfering in his state's administration following the killing of three suspected poachers in Chamarajanagar. The three men, identified as Anthony Samy, John Rose Peter, and Kumar, were shot dead by the Karnataka forest personnel in the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary area during an anti-poaching operation on August 15. Shivakumar rejected demands from a section of Tamil Nadu politicians for a CBI inquiry and insisted that Karnataka would protect the sanctity of its territory within its own administrative framework. The remarks came after Tamil Nadu leaders, including Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, strongly condemned the deaths and called for a fair investigation by a high-level committee. According to Karnataka officials, forest personnel returned fire in self-defence after coming under attack from the group, though the circumstances remain disputed by the victims' families.
Why it matters
The dispute highlights escalating inter-state political friction between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over law enforcement and the safety of border forest areas.
Read the original report — Times of India
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