Chamarajanagar, July 5 -- Action recommended against senior Indian Forest Service Officer Y. Chakrapani

More than a week after the shocking deaths of five tigers - a tigress and her four cubs - in Karnataka's Male Mahadeshwara (M.M.) Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, Forest Minister Eshwar B. Khandre has suspended two officials for dereliction of duty and recommended action against a senior Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer.

The action follows a preliminary inquiry that found serious administrative lapses, including non-payment of salaries and allowances to outsourced frontline staff, which severely hampered patrolling efforts in the Sanctuary's Hoogyam Range, where the tigers were found dead.

Range Forest Officer (RFO) Madesh, who also serv...