Cases have been booked against 15 persons and 10 four-wheelers have been seized for off-road driving in forest areas of Karnataka in violation of laws governing forests.
During a special drive by officials of Sakleshpur range in Hassan district in Murkannu Gudda forest, near Achhanahalli, on July 15, officials stopped some tourists from Bengaluru who were part of a group that was on an off-road adventure trip.
S.L. Shilpa, RFO of Sakleshpur, told mediapersons that the tourists drove their vehicles up to the peak of Murkannu Gudda, trespassing a forest. “We stopped the vehicles and seized them for violations. We have booked a case against 15 persons under the relevant section of the Karnataka Forest Act 1963,” she said.
