Chikkamagaluru police book case against people protesting death in elephant attack

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People staging a protestation  astatine  Kadabagere adjacent   Chikkamagaluru aft  a farmhand was killed successful  an elephant attack, connected  February 22, 2026.

People staging a protestation astatine Kadabagere adjacent Chikkamagaluru aft a farmhand was killed successful an elephant attack, connected February 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Balehonnur constabulary successful Chikkamagaluru territory of Karnataka person registered a lawsuit against respective persons, who participated successful a protestation connected February 22 pursuing the death of an cultivation labourer successful an elephant attack, accusing them of obstructing authorities servants from discharging their duties, and attempting to assistance and overturn a constabulary vehicle, among different charges.

Hundreds of section radical took portion successful the protestation astatine Kadabagere successful N.R. taluk connected February 22, keeping the dormant assemblage of the deceased. They demanded a imperishable solution to the human-elephant conflict, too a compensation of ₹50 lakh to the household of the deceased.

The constabulary utilized canes to disperse the mob, and handed implicit the assemblage to her family.

Based connected a ailment filed by constabulary Sub-Inspector Ambareesh of Balehonnur, a lawsuit has been registered against Chandrashekhar Rai of Honnekoppa, Abhishek of Hosalli, Manja Shetty of Kadabagere, Praveen Khandya, Adarsha of Kumbaragodu, Karthik of Halehalli, Purushottam of Kuskul, Sachin of Mudabagil, Dhananjay of Varkatte, and 20 others.

The constabulary official, successful the complaint, alleged that the accused stopped a Forest Department vehicle, carrying the dormant body, astatine Kadabagere and obstructed authorities officials from discharging their duty. They began a protest, blocking the question of vehicles connected the State Highway. They refused to extremity the protestation adjacent aft repeated appeals by the constabulary and different officials.

Senior officers of the territory medication visited the spot and handed implicit the compensation cheque to the household of the deceased. However, the protesters were not acceptable to manus implicit the assemblage to the household adjacent aft repeated appeals. They threw stones astatine the police, resulting successful injuries to a fewer officials, the complainant stated.

Further, the authoritative stated that arsenic the protesters tried to assistance and overturn a KSPR vehicle, forcing the constabulary to usage canes to disperse the mob.

Call for bandh successful Sringeri connected February 23

Condemning the lathi-charge connected the protesters, Sringeri Raitha Okkuta called for a bandh successful Sringeri Assembly constituency connected February 23. The BJP has extended enactment to the bandh call.

Residents of Balehonnur, Koppa, Sringeri, and N.R. Pura responded to the bandh telephone with a bulk of the shops successful these areas not opening for business.

Published - February 23, 2026 01:42 p.m. IST

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