‘Three Forest officials suspended for teak smuggling in Asifabad ‘

The three were found to have allowed a van shipping teak timber by conniving with the smugglers belonging to Maharashtra during Covid-19 lockdown.

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Three foresters were suspended for allegedly involving in smuggling of teak timber from Maharashtra to Telagnana, on Wednesday.

Karjelli Forest Range Officer Rajender said that the suspended foresters were Gudem Forest Section Officer Srikanth, Gudem Forest Beat Officer and his counterpart from Shivapalli beat, Saddam.

The three were found to have allowed a van shipping teak timber by conniving with the smugglers belonging to Maharashtra during Covid-19 lockdown.

The smugglers furnished a fake permit and hoodwinked foresters of the neighboring state. Without checking the veracity of the permit, these three officials who were discharging duties at a check post at Gudem village in Chintalamanepalli mandal a few months back. Their act was exposed when officials concerned carried out an enquiry into the incident.

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