T. Narasipur: In the wake of leopard attacks, which had claimed four lives in a span of four months in T. Narasipur taluk alone, District Minister S.T. Somashekar has warned of stringent action against officials if they fail to check the recurrence of man-animal conflicts.
District Minister S.T. Somashekar, who spoke to media persons, after handing over the compensation cheque for Rs. 10 lakh to the parents of 11-year-old Jayanth of Horalahalli in T. Narasipur, who was killed in leopard attack on Jan.21 said, “Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has conducted a high-level meeting of officers and the Deputy Commissioner Dr. K. V. Rajendra has already issued directions to harvest sugarcane at the earliest, besides issuing shoot-at-sight order on killer leopards. As it is a sensitive issue involving animals and Forest Department, the Chief Minister has called for adequate measures in the interest of public. If the Forest Department officials are found lackadaisical in approach, the Chief Minister will take a serious look into it.”
