Illegal sawmill raided in Balasore; timbers, wood cutting instruments seized

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KalingaTV News Network

Balasore: Launching a crackdown on wood mafias in the district, forest officials on Monday seized timbers and wood cutting instruments worth lakhs of rupees after raiding a sawmill in Khirkona village under Simulia police limits in the district.

The raid was conducted by a joint team of Forest, Vigilance and Police officials led by Chandipur Forest Range official Prafulla Kumar Mallick, following a tip-off from Balasore Vigliance SP and an order from the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Biswaraj Panda in the morning.

While the team managed to seize timbers, logs and wood cutting instruments worth over Rs 5 lakh, the owner of the sawmill managed to escape from the spot during the raid.

The illegal sawmill was later sealed in the presence of Magistrate Suresh Keshari Panda.

A Vigilance source said, more raids would be conducted in the district in coming days to keeps illegal sawmillers at bay.

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