Illegal sawmills fluorishing in Baksa district, Assam

Illegal sawmills are reportedly flourishing in some parts of Baksa district particularly along the Bhutan border. A lot of timber illegally collected from the forests are being supplied by trucks to these sawmills.
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Forest Department staff, wife shot dead

Suspected timber smugglers were shot dead a forest department staff and his wife on 10th November at Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu.

Timber smugglers beats up forest guards

Two forest guards of Gondia district, Maharashtra were beaten up by timber smuggles whey they resisted the smuggling of teakwood on 25th August 2011.

Forest guards shot dead a timber smuggler in Uttar Pradesh

Forest guards shot dead a timber smuggler on 28th August 2011 at Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh when the smugglers fired against them.

Timber smugglers killed a police officer in Jammu & Kashmir

A Special Police Officer (SPO), who was seriously injured after a group of timber smugglers attacked a police party in Rafiabad area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday, died at Srinagar.