Illicit timber seized from J P Vehicle

SHEIKH NASIR HUSSAIN
Kishtwar, July 04 : An alert team of forest officials seized fifteen Kale wood doors worth about one and a half lakh manufactured by using illicit timber being smuggled in a Jay Parkash Industries Vehicle at Dool check post.

The Forest department has registered a case against the company under the relevant forest Act.

Reliable sources told News Agency of Kashmir that a team of forest officials posted at Dool Forest Check post intercepted a Tipper owned by Jay Parkash Industries bearing registration Number JK02-A 5018 and seized fifteen wooden doors of illicit timber hidden beneath ply wood sheets.

The driver of the vehicle, however, fled from the spot leaving behind the vehicle.
The forest officials seized the vehicle along with the crafted doors.

Sources said that the doors manufactured by Kale wood were being smuggled to Jammu without any legal permeation.

The Jay Parkash Industries which executed the prestigious Dool Hasti Power Project is widening its setup from the area after handing over the project to NHPC in the month of April this year.

Giving details, Divisional Forest Officer Kishtwar Bashir Ahmed Shah told NAK that the department has registered a case against the JP Industries under the relevant forest Act after taking the passion of the Vehicle and the illicit wood material. He said the illicit wood material was seized last evening by a team of forest officials posted at Dool Check post. Meanwhile, Company Liaison officer has filed an application for release of Vehicle in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, sources added.