Chamarajanagar, Sept. 3 -- Poaching continues in Hanur Range despite Aug. 15 encounter with alleged poachers

Poachers appear to be undeterred by the law despite three suspected poachers being killed in an exchange of fire with Forest Department personnel in the Holemuridatti beat of Chikkalluru Reserved Forest under the Hanur Wildlife Range in the early hours of Aug. 15.

Barely a fortnight later, on Tuesday (Sept. 1), a Sambar deer was shot, killed and chopped into three pieces in the Hanur Wildlife Division of Chamarajanagar district.

On the night of Sept. 1, Forest officials and staff of the Hanur Wildlife Division, while patrolling near the Uduthorehalla Reservoir Gate, spotted four suspected poachers carrying guns and sacks on thei...