Inam ul Haq

Kashmir crown /SEP 11: Forest Department on Friday claimed to have seized an illicit timber at Ashtango area in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district .

A forest official said that on a specific input about the transportation of illicit timber, a naka was laid by a team forest department headed by Range officer Khuihama Mohd Maqbool lone in Ashtango block last night to nab the suspects involved in trafficking.
The official also said that the information was right and we successfully managed to nab the smugglers where in 17 ft of fresh forest timber was seized and three accused were detained also.

Moreover, the official told that a case has been registered against the three accused and further investigation is going on.