Dehradun, Nov. 6 -- Garhwal Post Bureau
Dehradun, 2 Nov: The disappearance of elephant tusks from the store of the Laldhang Range under the Lansdowne Forest Division has raised serious questions about the functioning and monitoring mechanisms of the Uttarakhand Forest Department. Even several days after the matter came to light, the Forest Headquarters has reportedly failed to establish the exact number of tusks missing and their total weight. This is despite the department having lodged an FIR with the police and initiated an investigation into the disappearance of the wildlife remains, which had reportedly been kept in the store for several years.
The matter has brought the Laldhang Range into spotlight after it emerged that five elepha...