Mysuru: On June 10, police arrested a farm owner and his brother under the Electricity Act, 2003, Section 304 of the IPC for culpable murder and SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act after a father-son tribal duo used to be electrocuted of their property. The tragedy in HD Kote taluk happened because the fence used to be attached to high-voltage electrical energy, in contravention with laws laid out by way of the woodland department, which allows handiest solar-powered boundaries. However, there used to be no additional motion in opposition to the illegal high-voltage electrical energy connections to farm fences that are rampant in villages with reference to woodland spaces in the district.
It used to be handiest after TOI introduced the problem before the deputy commissioner Abhiram G Sankar that he directed the government concerned to act by contrast illegal activity.
HD Kote police officers stated that the illegal practice of connecting farm fences to high-voltage power to stop wild animals from destroying crops is rampant in the region. “But we find it difficult to trace them as farm owners attach high-voltage power to fence throughout night and disconnect them by way of morning,” stated an officer.
“I've requested HD Kote tahsildar to coordinate with Cescom government to determine and act in opposition to illegal electrical fences,” stated Sankar.
The tragedy used to be the first case through which tribals were electrocuted due to illegal fencing at the fringes of Bandipur and Nagarahole woodland spaces.
After the our bodies of 40-year-old Madaiah and his son Praveen, 20, were discovered floating in Kapila river, police discovered that it used to be the handiwork of farm owner Marigowda and his brother Nijalingappa. Madaiah and Praveen were electrocuted in the high-voltage electrical fencing of the farm near Anagatti Haadi in HD Kote taluk on June eight. Fearing police case, Marigowda and Nijalingappa dumped the our bodies in the river. The our bodies were came upon on June 10.
Several wild animals, together with elephants, have turn out to be sufferers of electrocution in farmland where high-voltage electrical fencing is erected. Some farm owners even hotel to the illegal practice of getting power provide to the fence without delay from the electrical energy poles.
The tragedy happened when Madaiah and Praveen were returning after gathering honey. Madaiah unintentionally touched the electrical fence laid in Marigowda’s farm. Praveen went to his father’s rescue, however met with the similar destiny.
Marigowda had attached electrical energy to the fence to save candy potato crop from wild animals.
It used to be handiest after TOI introduced the problem before the deputy commissioner Abhiram G Sankar that he directed the government concerned to act by contrast illegal activity.
HD Kote police officers stated that the illegal practice of connecting farm fences to high-voltage power to stop wild animals from destroying crops is rampant in the region. “But we find it difficult to trace them as farm owners attach high-voltage power to fence throughout night and disconnect them by way of morning,” stated an officer.
“I've requested HD Kote tahsildar to coordinate with Cescom government to determine and act in opposition to illegal electrical fences,” stated Sankar.
The tragedy used to be the first case through which tribals were electrocuted due to illegal fencing at the fringes of Bandipur and Nagarahole woodland spaces.
After the our bodies of 40-year-old Madaiah and his son Praveen, 20, were discovered floating in Kapila river, police discovered that it used to be the handiwork of farm owner Marigowda and his brother Nijalingappa. Madaiah and Praveen were electrocuted in the high-voltage electrical fencing of the farm near Anagatti Haadi in HD Kote taluk on June eight. Fearing police case, Marigowda and Nijalingappa dumped the our bodies in the river. The our bodies were came upon on June 10.
Several wild animals, together with elephants, have turn out to be sufferers of electrocution in farmland where high-voltage electrical fencing is erected. Some farm owners even hotel to the illegal practice of getting power provide to the fence without delay from the electrical energy poles.
The tragedy happened when Madaiah and Praveen were returning after gathering honey. Madaiah unintentionally touched the electrical fence laid in Marigowda’s farm. Praveen went to his father’s rescue, however met with the similar destiny.
Marigowda had attached electrical energy to the fence to save candy potato crop from wild animals.
Despite death of father-son duo, illegal electric fencing continues in Mysuru
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June 21, 2018
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