Sawn timber seized under Salna forest range in Nagaon

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NAGAON: Based on secret inputs from the DFO, Nagaon, the protection squads led by range officer Hemanta Saikia, Nagaon protection range, seized over 250 pieces of sawn timber from a crop land near Jengoni area near Kaliabor under Salna forest range on Thursday evening while the timber was being stored for transporting to somewhere else, sources in the Nagaon protection range office stated.

Meanwhile, the seized timber were later brought to the Nagaon Sensuwa based Forest Depo in five Tata mobile vehicles while some of those seized ‘Fanta’ of timber were brought to Silghat Beat office in two Tata mobile vehicles for further legal proceedings, sources said, adding further that the squad from Nagaon protection range was yet to trace the people involved till the filing of the report.

A case has been registered in this regard and further investigation is on, sources added.

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