Chin Kach’s death will be examined over the next fortnight as an inquest into the 47-year-old’s fatal police shooting began on Monday.

An inquest has begun into the death of a woman who was in the “worst state” before she was killed during a 10-hour police standoff.

Bhumika Rai, the divisional forest officer of the KNP, which is under the state forest and environment department, has said the initiative formed part of a preventive strategy to minimise casualties ...