Arunachal Pradesh anti-poaching camp destroyed by mob
The HinduAn operation has been launched to catch 10 people, including seven women, who allegedly led a mob that destroyed a newly constructed anti-poaching camp in India’s easternmost tiger reserve. Forest officials in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district have often been in conflict with the Yobin community living in and around the 1,985 sq km Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve. On June 5, ahead of an official programme to observe World Environment Day, some 150 people attacked the Burma Nallah camp of the Forest Department located in the 40th Mile area along the Miao-Vijaynagar Road. While the Changlang police were searching for him, Ngwazosa Yobin told journalists in the State’s capital Itanagar on Thursday evening that the Namdapha authorities had included the community land within the area of the park. Urging the government to intervene in the “long-standing boundary dispute” between the Forest Department and the Yobin community, the Yobin Welfare Society said action should not be taken against the villagers involved in the Burma Nallah violence on June 5.
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