Forest department officials said that a team of forest staff, along with anti-poaching watchers, spotted the illegal safari. Singara Forest Ranger S. Selvaraj told The Hindu that this was the second illegal vehicle safari that was stopped by forest staff in the last ten days, with another case being registered and a cumulative fine of ? 65,000 being imposed on April 15. The tourists were trying to spot animals in the Singara forest range when they were spotted by forest department staff. Forest officials gave chase to an off-road vehicle that was carrying five tourists into a reserve forest as part of an illegal safari on Saturday night. After being chased by forest department staff, the driver of the vehicle, who was attempting to flee, lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a small ravine.
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