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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nKathua, October 9:<\/mark><\/strong> In a late-night operation on Wednesday, a forest department team foiled an attempt to smuggle khair wood in the Rajbagh area. The team, headed by Forester Shiv Kumar<\/strong> (Beat Officer, Lower Hiranagar) along with Forest Guards Nitish Rasotra, Shiv Murti, and Naresh Kumar<\/strong>, was on routine night patrolling when they spotted a Mahindra pickup (Registration No. JK08 3658)<\/strong> moving suspiciously near Rajbagh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sensing foul play, the team immediately gave chase and alerted the Korepunnu Check Post<\/strong> for assistance. The check post team \u2014 comprising I\/C Dheeraj Pankaj<\/strong>, FGD Bittu Ram<\/strong>, and FGD Kali Dass<\/strong> \u2014 swiftly joined the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The vehicle was successfully intercepted near Banyari\u2013Andachak road<\/strong>. However, the driver and co-driver managed to flee<\/strong> from the scene under the cover of darkness. Upon inspection, the vehicle was found loaded with khair wood<\/strong>, suspected to have been illegally transported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The forest team seized the vehicle and brought it to the Haria Chak Nursery<\/strong> for further legal proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The entire operation was carried out under the close supervision of Range Officer Jasrota<\/strong> and the overall guidance of Worthy Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sh. Ankit Sinha, IFS.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kathua, October 9: In a late-night operation on Wednesday, a forest department team foiled an attempt to smuggle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,9,5],"tags":[51,20,21,22,24],"class_list":["post-349408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime","category-jammu-and-kashmir","category-kathua","tag-alertindianews","tag-kathua","tag-kathuaupdate","tag-latestnews","tag-latestupdate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3-1024x768.jpg\")
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