HUNDREDS of indigenous Jenu Kuruba people have mounted an indefinite protest outside the Nagarhole national park in Karnataka, India, against government attempts to force them off their land.

The adivasi group say their land has been turned into a tiger reserve for tourists and many have been forcibly evicted by the Forest Department.

The Jenu Kuruba complain that their eviction is being part-funded by the US Fish & Wildlife Service because it helped pay for the tiger reserve.