Madikeri: A Forest Watcher, who had gone missing during combing operation near V. Badaga village in Makuta Reserve Forest limits, has been found dead and his body was fished out from Kokka River yesterday. Police, Fire and Emergency Services and NDRF personnel along with expert swimmers and divers from Mangaluru traced the body of Forest Watcher identified as Tarun Kumar (23).
A native of Domlur in Bengaluru, Tarun was deployed as Forest Watcher at Kokka Camp. On Sept. 23 evening, Tarun, along with a team of four members were conducting a combing operation near V. Badaga village when Tarun went missing under mysterious circumstances.
