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Early Times Report
Jammu, July 21: The attack on a team of Forest Department employees engaged in checking timber smuggling is a clear indication that not only involved in smuggling narcotics terror groups are also involved in timber smuggling.
Although senior police officers have started an investigation in this case, it is believed that terrorists attacked the team of the Forest Department to terrorize them to allow timber smuggling.
Initial reports said that some terror groups are involved in smuggling timber from the forest areas of Kashmir Valley.
It was only Forest Department received information about the illegal falling of trees and smuggling of timbers that a team was deployed.
On Wednesday terrorists fired upon a team of Forest department employees who had set up a checkpoint to check timber smugglers near the Bangender Bridge in Pulwama.
The injured – Imran Yousaf Wani, Forest Guard and Jahangir Ahmed Chechi, Forester- were taken to a hospital, wherefrom Wani, who had received a bullet injury on his thigh, was shifted to SMHS Hospital in Srinagar.
According to police, information was received about a terror crime incident at Bangender Bridge in Pulwama in which two forest department employees got injured. Senior police officers along with additional reinforcement reached at the terror crime spot to ascertain the facts.
Police Station Rajpora received information through reliable sources that terrorists had fired upon a team of forest department of district Budgam causing injuries to two employees, who had laid a checkpoint to apprehend the timber smugglers near Bangender Bridge falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Rajpora in the district Pulwama.
However, the injured were immediately evacuated to hospital for the treatment. Both the injured have been identified as Imran Yousaf Wani son of Mohammad Yousaf Wani resident of Mohnu, Chararisherif (bullet injury in thigh)and shifted to SHMS Hospital for specialised treatment and Jahangir Ahmed Chechi (Forester) son of Gh Mohiudin Chechi resident of Gogjipather, Chadoora.(minor superficial injuries and discharged after first aid).
Later Wani died in the hospital.
Regarding the incident, a case vide FIR No. 79/2023 under sections 16,20 UAP ( Act) , 307 IPC and 7/ 27 IA Act got registered in PS Rajpora and investigation has been initiated.
Soon after the incident whole area was cordoned off by Police, Army and CAPFs and intensive search operation was launched.
During the search of the of the scene of crime, two empty fired cartridges of Ak-47 ammunition and one bullet head was recovered from the spot. However, the search operation is going on. |
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