Forest officials attacked, 5 injured

A Forest vehicle damaged by the smugglers at Watlab, Bandipora.
A Forest vehicle damaged by the smugglers at Watlab, Bandipora.

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Jan 1: At least five on-duty officials from Forest Department received serious injuries after they were attacked by smugglers in Mangulu forest area near famous health resort of Watlab in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
According to reports, five Forest officials were attacked when a team of Forest Department visited the Mangulu forest after a tip-off about the forest smugglers being present in the forest. “Once the team reached the spot, smugglers attacked them with sharp edged weapons injuring five officials. The attackers also damaged the vehicles,” the reports said.

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