Baripada: At least seven forest officials were severely injured after they were attacked by a group of wood mafias in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district yesterday.
A team of forest officials reportedly had gone inside the Similipal Reserve for patrolling yesterday evening. They found some wood mafias illegally transporting sal woods from the forest.
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When the forest officials tried to arrest them, around 40-50 wood smugglers including several women attacked the forest team leaving them severely injured. They also damaged the vehicles of the forest department.
Today, the forest officials filed a case at Jashipur Police station in this regard, based on which cops have stared an investigation into the matter.
