Illegal khair wood seized in Yamunanagar, suspects on the run
Car in which logs were kept impounded
A team of the Wildlife Department has seized illegal khair wood from a car at a village in Yamunanagar district and impounded the vehicle.
According to information, forest guard Sandeep Singh, incharge of Darpur beat, was on routine patrol in the Darpur forest area on January 21 when he noticed fresh stumps of four khair trees in compartment C-3, indicating a recent illegal felling.
He immediately prepared a damage report, collected photographic evidence and started an investigation.
Around 9 pm next day, Sandeep Singh got information that the said four khair trees were illegally cut by Hashim, Shakeel, Naseem, Mehboob, Nasim and Kurban, all residents of Darpur village, and Islam of Jatanwala village and their accomplices.
He also got information that khair logs had been concealed in the house of Hashim at Darpur village. From there, the logs were to be transported in a car to the house of one Noor Mohammad at Jatanwala village.
Acting swiftly, a team of the Wildlife Department, along with the police, raided Hashim’s house at about 9.50 pm on January 22. Though the accused managed to flee, the team seized the illegal khair wood loaded in the car. They recovered timber comprised 25 khair logs with a total volume of 0.373 cubic metres.
The khair wood was taken into custody and deposited at the office of Inspector of Wildlife Department.
Inspector Lilu Ram of Wildlife Department said a case had been registered against Hashim, Shakeel, Naseem, Mehboob, Nasim, Kurban, all residents of Darpur village, and Islam, Noor Mohammad, both residents of Jatanwala village, and their associates at the Chhachhrauli police station.
He said they had been booked under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, for illegal tree felling and destruction of natural habitat.
