30 farmers arrested for felling 4,200 trees in reserve forest

DHNS

July 3, 2017

Rattihalli, Jul 3: The forest department on Sunday arrested 30 persons in Rattihalli village of Hirekerur taluk on the charge of felling as many as 4,200 trees in reserved forest and cultivating the forest land.

Deputy Conservator of Forests Sonal Vrishni said that the farmers had illegally cut honge, sandalwood and other trees grown on 25 hectares of Kamalapura reserved forest. Further, they have destroyed the forest by setting it on fire.

The forest officials detained 82 persons in this connection, but finally arrested 30. The remaining 52 were released after obtaining an undertaking from them, the DCF said.

The farmers said that they had been cultivating the said forest land since 1990 and the forest department had evicted them in 2006. Later, the land was entrusted to village forest committee. The farmers had been submitting applications for regularisation of their cultivation and issue of title deeds. Following refusal from the officials, the disappointed farmers cultivated around three acres on Sunday. They said that they could have destroyed about 100 trees.

Forest range officer B C Arishinada said that attempts were made to fell trees two days ago, but the officials had convinced the farmers.

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Mangaluru: Youth arrested for misleading Instagram post targeting police

News Network

December 19,2025

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru CEN police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly posting provocative and misleading content on an Instagram page named “mr_a_titude”, targeting the Bajpe police.

Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H identified the arrested as Abhishek M, a resident of Katipalla in Mangaluru.

A case has been registered at the Bajpe Police Station under Sections 353(1)(c), 353(2), 56, and 57 read with Section 189 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the post.

According to police, the accused uploaded a photograph of a hotel on the Instagram page and alleged that accused persons in a murder case under the Bajpe police jurisdiction were being given “royal treatment” by the police, including being served beef meals daily from the hotel.

The post further accused the police of supporting criminals, misusing their authority, and betraying public trust. Police said the content was provocative in nature and aimed at inciting public outrage against the police.

Following the post, a case was registered at the Bajpe police station, and further investigation was transferred to the CEN police station.

Police records indicate that the accused has a criminal history, with multiple cases registered against him, including murder, attempt to murder, assault, and robbery at the Surathkal Police Station, and one case at the Kaup Police Station.

The Commissioner said the accused was traced and arrested using technical evidence.

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