Illegal mining: Forest officer roughed up

A recently deputed Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer in Alwar was driven off by a mob when he stumbled upon an alleged case of illegal mining while conducting a survey in the area. The mob also allegedly roughed up some homeguards deployed to prevent illegal mining. The IFS office has lodged a complaint about the incident,but the Alwar police insist that they were injured by a Forest department jeep.

On Tuesday evening,newly appointed Alwar Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF,Territorial) M V Murthy was scouting his area. “We were surveying the area when more than 200 people surrounded us and began shouting. We were manhandled and verbally abused for a while before we managed to get into our vehicle and escape,” Murthy told The Indian Express.