Firearms | No criminal proceedings against forest officials for using firearms while on duty: Odisha government
Forest officials across the state went on a strike demanding use of arms and protection to them
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Forest officials across the state went on a strike demanding use of arms and protection to them
Following the killing of two forest officials by poachers in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR), the state government has provided protection to forest officials under section 197 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
With poachers killing a forest department official in Odisha's Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district, the Centre has rushed a team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau to support the state machinery, official sources said. Poachers gunned down a forester identified as Mathi Hansad (40) while he was patrolling along with five other staff near Gamchacharan under Upper
Bhubaneswar, June 17 (IANS) A forester was shot dead by poachers inside the Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, officials said o