JAMMU, April 23 -- A Beat Guard has been placed under suspension after a vehicle carrying illegal deodar timber was seized in the Bhadarwah area of Doda district.
Officials said acting on a specific input, a joint team of Forest Protection Force and territorial staff of Neru Range intercepted a TATA Mobile vehicle (registration No. JK02B-6463) loaded with 20 deodar green scants measuring 54.44 cft during the intervening night of April 21 and 22 at village Jalga in Compartment 3/N.
During checking, they said the in-charge Beat Guard of Jai 2nd beat, Mushtaq Ahmed Batt, was also found moving in his personal vehicle on the same route, where a mechanical cutter packed in a bag was recovered.
Officials said the source of the seized timber is ...