India News | Forester Killed, 3 Injured in Attack by Timber Mafia
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A forester was killed and three others were injured in an attack allegedly by the timber mafia in Assam's Goalpara district, police said on Tuesday.
Goalpara (Assam), May 30 (PTI) A forester was killed and three others were injured in an attack allegedly by the timber mafia in Assam's Goalpara district, police said on Tuesday.
The forest personnel were attacked with sharp weapons at Krishnai Shalpara Darapara under the Krishnai range forest office in the district late on Monday night, the official said.
Also Read | Benedict Cumberbatch's Former Chef Jack Bissell Breaks Into His House and Threatens Family.
The forest personnel had rushed to the area on receiving information about felling of trees in the proposed reserve forest area and recovered a tractor filled with sal trees.
They were attacked when they started to bring the tractor to the forest department office, the official said.
The injured were rushed to a hospital at Goalpara, while two of them have been referred to Guwahati.
Senior forest and police officials have rushed to the spot and a search has been launched to nab the assailants.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)