Mohali, Nov. 4 -- Kharar police have booked four people, including the sarpanch and two panches of Rora village, for allegedly excavating a notified forest strip along the Kharar-Gharuan road to lay a pipeline without permission. The FIR, registered at Kharar police station names Rora sarpanch Kuljeet Singh, Jarnail Singh, Darbara Singh and Gurminder Singh. Police have also named a JCB machine (PB 10DK 4090) allegedly used for the excavation. According to the complaint filed on September 12, a JCB was deployed on the forest strip in Rora village to dig up land for laying a pipeline, which amounted to a non-forest activity without permission. The complaint states that forest officials intervened and asked the operator to stop the excavation, but the accused allegedly misbehaved with the staff refused to stop the machine, obstructing them from performing their duties. Kharar police registered an FIR under Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, Sections 2 and 3A of the Forest (Conservation) Act, and Sections 132, 221 and 329 of the BNS. htc...