Mysuru: A major wildfire broke out at Chamundi Hill yesterday and destroyed an estimated 25 acres of forest cover. Forest officials suspect it to be man-made as the fire erupted at three different areas from a private land at the foothills of Chamundi on the Mysuru-Nanjangud Road side from where it spread towards the forest area.
The Department is suspecting a human hand in the fire incident as a charred body of a woman was discovered atop the Hill. Miscreants would have set fire to the forest to cover up the murder of the woman, officials suspected.
