Tag: Forest Officials Attacked

Angul: Two persons were detained by the Angul police for reportedly attacking the Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Basudev Nayak and other forest staff inside the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) office today. The attackers have been identified as Pradeep Sahoo and Jitendra Samal of Purunagarh. Following the incident, the forest conservation officials met the Angul […]

Konark: A range officer and a forest guard were allegedly attacked for stopping illegal parking lot construction along the Konark-Puri marine drive. According to reports, the parking space was being constructed in the sanctuary area by Achyutpur sarpanch Bhakta Ballav Das and his supporters when range officer Benudhar Behera along with a forest guard reached […]

Malkangiri: At least 12 officials of the forest department including a Ranger sustained multiple injuries after they were reportedly attacked by a group of villagers in Malkangiri district on Friday. As per reports, a team of the forest department had reportedly gone to Namakonda village to rescue a pangolin when the incident occurred. The raid […]

Mayurbhanj: A team of officials led by the Udala Forest Ranger were attacked by some 30-40 people while they were returning after arresting two accused in a suspected case of deer poaching at Jamudiha village in Mayurbhanj district on late Tuesday night. Acting on a tip off about the hunting of a sambar deer in […]