Chamarajanagar, Aug. 15 -- Three men were killed in a firing incident near Mariya Mangala Forest in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district on Saturday, following which the wife of one of the deceased lodged a murder complaint against forest officials, police said.

The complainant, Lourdu Mary, wife of the deceased Anthony Swamy, alleged in her complaint that forest officials from the Hanur Range opened fire on the three men when they had gone into the forest to search for missing cattle.

According to the FIR, two cows went missing on August 14. The next morning, the three men went to the forest near Mariya Mangala to look for them.

The deceased have been identified as Anthony Swamy (50), a resident of Mariya Mangala; Sebastian David Ku...