DJ Venkatesh
Diglipur, Jan 28: In a shocking incident a group of high profile people of North Andaman region, who hold the responsibility of development of the region and maintaining clean image for others to follow, were found flaunting law of this land and consuming liquor at Ross & Smith Island, where taking alcohol is strictly prohibited.
It has been learnt that on 27 January, the Pradhan, Keralapuram Gram Panchayat, Shankar Das, Zilla Parishad Member Dipankar Mistry, Asst Engineer PRI Tripada Tikadar and few more people went to Ross & Smith Islands in two fiber boats ‘Sarla’ and ‘Ankit’ after obtaining permit from forest office at Aerial Bay.
Before boarding the boats, the security staffs at Aerial Bay jetty reportedly did not conduct any kind of checking of the boat
It is learnt that at Ross and Smith Island some of the people in this team were consuming alcohol at tree top hut at Smith
Island then they went to umbrella hut, which was objected by the Forest staff and Life Guards.
Once objected they started consuming alcohol, in the sea openly in front of tourists. As per details when the staff of the Forest Department and Life Guards of IP&T department objected to this, on the complaints of mainland tourists, they abused them with filthy language and started consuming more.
Feeling aggrieved the forest personnel filed a written complaint to the Deputy Forest Officer Diglipur regarding this matter. In the mean time the Life Guards informed the matter to Camp Officer of Aerial Bay & Smith Island who in turn informed the matter to the Range Officer Aerial Bay. Finally the matter was informed to the DFO. In the mean time Police personnel reached Aerial Bay and when the above personnel returned from Aerial Bay they were taken to PS Diglipur.
It is learnt, the forest department is planning to write to IP&T to suspend the permit of these two fiber boats for one month.
Adding to this it is learnt that the AE of Diglipur was partying at Ross and Smith but before that he had attended official duties and singed a few documents too.
It is learnt that today these people were again summoned at PS Dilgipur for questioning but it is still not clear that what action will be taken against them for violating the rules.
It is learnt that some people are now pressuring the complainant boy to withdraw his complaint and change the statement.
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