Forest officials attacked during raid on illegal logging in Kalka
A team of Haryana forest officials was assaulted during a raid to check illegal logging in Kalka on Friday morning. Forest guard Gyan Dev suffered facial injuries inflicted by nails. Forest range officer Yogender Dalal had received information about illegal felling of khair trees in Kahniwala/Khola Fateh Singh village by one Gulzar, who reportedly planned to transport the wood out of the village. Acting swiftly, Dalal issued a search warrant under Sections 62 and 64 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, and Section 50 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and mobilised a team comprising forest officers and guards, including Prem Singh, Tejveer Singh, Dharmveer Singh, and others. As officials detained him, his brother Ranga Singh, wife, and son Sukhvinder Singh arrived at the scene, abusing and assaulting the forest staff.
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