Daijiworld Media Network – Mysore (SP)

Mysore, Dec 31: Seven policemen of the forest mobile squad of Kollegal taluk, including a sub-inspector, have been suspended for feasting on a few partridges they got as gift from some hunters. Sub-inspector Thomas, constables, Lokesh, Srikanthaswamy, Madeshaiah, Mahadevu, Doreswamy and driver of their vehicle, Mahesh, have been suspended.

Chamarajanagar superintendent of police, N T Shivakumar, said that the suspensions were affected as per the recommendations of the forest mobile squad inspector general.

The policemen face the charge of giving a decent burial to a case involving the catching of hundreds of partridges by the tribals, by accepting a few birds in exchange for the favour. They had later in the day, organized a feast by cooking the birds, at the farm house of Mahi Madas located at Mariyamangala adjacent to Tomiyar Palya near Hanur, where liquor also reportedly flowed freely.

Police inspector, R Mohan Kumar, who had registered the case, had taken into possession the partridges from the tribals and as per the order of a Kollegal court, handed them over to the forest department, who released them into the forest.