JAMMU, April 23 -- A Beat Guard has been suspended after a vehicle carrying illegal deodar timber was seized in the Bhadarwah area of Doda district, officials said.

Acting on specific input, a joint team of the Forest Protection Force and territorial staff of Neru Range intercepted a TATA Mobile vehicle (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 the operation, officials said the in-charge Beat Guard of Jai 2nd beat, Mushtaq Ahmed Batt, was found moving on the same route in his personal vehicle. A mechanical cutter packed in a bag was also recovered from his possession.

The source of the seized timber is yet to be ascerta...