M S Nazki
Poonch, April 7: Forest department Surankote on Sunday seized six logs of illegal timber from a person who was escorted by a PSO in this mountainous district of Poonch.
Official sources told GNS that the forest department waylaid a Tata mobile load carrier (JK12-5799) on way from Poshana to Surankote near Chandimargh area.
Range Officer Nissar Hussain told GNS that when forest department officials stopped the load carrier and a tempo accompanying it, the person along with his PSO, who was carrying his service rifle, alighted from the tempo and started to misbehave with the department official.
He said that while the load carrier along with the illegal timber logs were seized, the person along with the PSO managed to flee from the spot. He said that an FIR 1/2019-20 has been registered under the Forest Act. (GNS)
