Mir Arif
Baramulla 20 June(KNB):Despite Police continuing with their crusade against the Forest mafia by seizing illegal timber and other banned forest products time and again but the Forest department meant to protect the Green gold is not only giving a free hand to the forest smugglers in looting the precious Forest wealth from the forests of Rafiabad but also seems to be hand-in-glove with these smugglers as illegal practice of felling and chopping of lush green trees is going on unabated since several months in Rafiabad Forests.
Today on a specific information SDPO Rafiabad Mr Nisar Ahmad,SHO Panzlla Mr S Inam and Range officer concerned under the supervision of SSP Sopore Mr Javaid Ahmad JKPS seized a huge quantity about 70 feet timber of kail and Deodar worth lakhs from a house and nearby orchards of Reyaz Ahmad Qureshi S/o Fayaz Ahmad Qureshi R/o khudwani Mohlla Ladoora Rafiabad which was reportedly to be smuggled by the accused to the lower belt of Rafiabad and sopore.
The day long operation was monitored by SSP Sopore himself and a case FIR No 48 U/S 379 RPC/ 6 forest act was regesterd in this regard and investigation was taken up to nail out the nexus of smugglers.
it is pertinent to mention here that Sopore Police under the directions of SSP Javaid Ahmad had started to curb the menaces of forest smuggling and drug trafficking in the area to which several cases have been regesterd in the police stations of sopore.
People of the area have appreciated the role of Sopore police.(KNB)