Mysuru: Karnataka's Forest Minister, Eshwar B Khandre, found himself at the centre of a raging storm in Mysuru on Monday, as irate farmers and villagers gheraoed him over the death of a person in a tiger attack in Saragur. The incident, which occurred on Sunday, has drawn massive outrage from the villagers, who attributed the tiger attack to the alleged negligence by forest officials.

The villagers stated that Rajashekar (53), a farmer, was killed by a tiger near Mulluru village close to the Nugu wildlife sanctuary on October 26. The incident was the second after another tiger attack just ten days ago, in which another farmer was mauled and is currently battling for life in a hospital in Mysuru. The two back-to-back incidents raised the villagers' anger to a boiling point as the perturbe

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