A 45 -year -old man was arrested for alleged mowing around one ton of teak wood in the Paravamalai Reserve Forest (RF) near Odugathur in Vellore on Saturday.
Forest officials said that approximately one ton of wooden protocols was obtained from his hiding place in his village Agaram Forest team led by K. Venkatesan, officer Forest Range (Odugathur). Together with his close collaborators who are escape, B. Rajendran, worker, in the last few months he has moved many times to the RF to check red grinders and teak wood in a dense forest.
During the offense, they also found that the forest had less supervision of forest officials such as Forest Watcher and Forester. “Rajendran is a previous offender with cases registered against him in Chittoor and Arcot in illegal felling of trees in RFS,” Venkatesan said.
Rajendran took advantage of less supervision and stated that Forests, Rajendran officials conducted six of his close collaborators to chop the trees, including teak wood. Out of a total of 370 red Sanders in the RF, which was planted by forest department nearly four decades in the framework of the afforestation plan, 10 trees were settled from the ground. Most of the chopped trees that have been made per day are located around 500 meters from Odugathur’s main road to be comfortable for easy transport.
Currently Odugathur Forest Smeand includes 13,000 hectares of forest land covering its five RF. Among them has a paravamalai RF (where the theft) has the largest plantation of red sands, teak and other native species. The cases were registered against him. Special teams were created that charged the others involved in the crime. Another probe is taking place.
Published – June 21, 2025 17:46
