Three held for tree cutting
BICHOLIM: Bicholim forest officials attached to Keri Range forest office arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in forest cutting at Padocem-Sattari on Thursday evening.
According to Range Forest Officer Geeriesh Bailudkar, during routine patrolling, the officials decided to conduct a check of a particular area and found large scale cutting of trees with the help of a earth moving machine.
When the officials questioned the JCB driver Nizam Ansari from Valpoi, he disclosed the names of Chetan Salelkar from Sakhali and Gurudas Naik from Vithalapur-Sakhali. The officials attached the JCB and arrested the trio under Section 8 of PTA 1984. They were later released on bail.
The drive was initiated under the guidance of RFO Geeriesh Bailudkar, round forest officer Pandurang Sutar and Mahadev Naik and forest guards Trushant Verekar, Echit Naik, Vishnu Amonkar, Arvind Naik and Ladu Majik.
