BJP demands judicial inquiry into killing of three persons

A crowd gathered outside the mortuary at Mysore Medical College and Research Institute in Mysuru on Sunday, where the bodies of the three suspected poachers were brought for post-mortem. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram BengaluruDemanding a judicial inquiry into the encounter in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in which three persons were killed, Leader of Opposition R. Ashok on Sunday urged that the officials involved in the encounter should remain off the duty till the truth comes out.Seeking clarity on whether the encounter was fake or genuine, Mr. Ashok said this was the first such incident in the Forest Department in the last ten years. “If someone commits a mistake, they should be warned or arrested. But in this incident, they were shot directly in the chest. The bodies were taken to Mysuru eve