THENI: A man was killed after a forest department personnel fired at him when he allegedly trespassed into a protected forest area near Cumbum in Theni district on late Saturday night.
According to sources, the deceased man was identified as Eswaran of Kullagoundanpatti near Cumbum. Eswaran, who was an agricultural labourer, reportedly ventured out on Saturday night and wandered into a protected forest area under the Gudalur range. He was warned to not trespass by forest department personnel on patrol as hunting and poaching is prohibited there. But, one of the forest department staff fired a shot at him as allegedly he refused while also having a knife on him.
