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  5 arrested for assaulting forest officials

5 arrested for assaulting forest officials

AGE CORRESPONDENT
Published : Sep 27, 2016, 6:45 am IST
Updated : Sep 27, 2016, 6:45 am IST

The Virar police has arrested five men, who were part of a gang that was involved in tree-felling and poaching, for their alleged assault on a few forest officials three months ago at the Vasai forest

The Virar police has arrested five men, who were part of a gang that was involved in tree-felling and poaching, for their alleged assault on a few forest officials three months ago at the Vasai forest.

The poachers had attacked the officials with stones and bamboo sticks, as they attempted to prevent them from cutting woods illegally in the forest. One of the targeted forest officials had sustained serious injuries.

According to the police, the accused had fled the spot in a tempo after beating up a few forest officials but CCTV camera located at the spot had captured them escaping in the vehicle.

A source said that the police was able to identify the registration number of the tempo with the help of the CCTV images and then based on it, was able to track down the culprits.

According to officials, Vasai forest officials had got a tip-off that a group of smugglers would visit the forest on June 10 to chop wood and poach animals.