CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu political events on Sunday condemned the killing of three Tamil farmers by Karnataka forest officers in Chamarajanagar district and demanded a probe into the incident.Former CM M Ok Stalin stated the capturing was ‘surprising’ and demanded a judicial probe. “Makes an attempt to guard those that dedicated the crime ought to be prevented and the incident ought to be registered as a homicide case, adopted by a clear and neutral judicial inquiry,” he stated. Stalin stated the TVK authorities ought to present compensation and authorities jobs to the households of the victims.He additionally took a dig at chief minister C Joseph Vijay, saying the TVK authorities, which had been ‘silent on the Mekedatu row’, ought to ‘break its silence a minimum of now’ and condemn the Karnataka authorities. Hours after Stalin’s remarks, Vijay issued a press release condemning the assault on Tamils and demanded a high-level probe.Karnataka forest officers stated the three males had been poaching wild animals and opened hearth at forest personnel once they had been confronted. The forest personnel fired on the three in self-defence, Karnataka authorities stated.Nonetheless, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss stated there was no proof that the three males had been poaching or that an change of fireside had taken place. He alleged that Karnataka forest personnel had been utilizing the ‘poaching story’ to cowl up the killings.He demanded a CBI probe and Rs 1 crore compensation for every of the three victims’ households — Antony Raj, John and Kumar. “A CBI investigation should be ordered into the matter,” he stated, alleging that the reality could not emerge from the magisterial inquiry introduced by Karnataka CM D Ok Shivakumar.CPM state secretary P Shanmugam demanded the dismissal and arrest of the forest officers concerned within the capturing. Shanmugam stated the three farmers from Tamil Nadu had gone into the forest seeking cattle that had gone lacking. He stated the allegation that they had been searching was false and that the capturing couldn’t be justified.CPI state secretary M Veerapandian additionally reiterated the demand for a CBI probe. “The Karnataka govt ought to register the case as a homicide offence and order an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation,” he stated.
