Port Blair, June 28: On 28/06/2021 at about 0600 hrs, the team of AFEVS unit consisting of Mr. S P Roy Dy. Ranger, Mr. Baiju M Nair Forester, Mr. M Shabbir forest guard, Mr. Basant Lall forest guard, Mr. Sanjay Mondal, Mr. Anup Mistry mazdoors on a tip off went to forest check post Rangat, under Gram Panchayat Rangat & Range jurisdiction of Rangat & intercepted an auto rickshaw bearing registration No. AN01-D-6164. On checking three plastic bags of which two bags containing crabs of about 40 Kgs & one bag contains venison about 17 Kgs were found.
The Auto driver along with two persons was arrested & the venison, crabs & the vehicle were seized on the spot under relevant section of wild life protection Act 1972. All the accused were brought to the Range office AFEVS unit alongwith the seized materials (meat of spotted deer, crabs & vehicle).
Further interrogation/investigation the accused auto driver disclosed his name as Mr. Ranjit Sana S/o Late Sushil Sana R/o Laxmanpur under GP Urmilapur. He stated that the two persons hired his auto from Shyamkund village & asked him to go to Rangat and they carried three bags which were tied by rope & when he asked about it they said all the bags contain crab which they are going to sell to a wholesaler in Rangat market.
The other two co-passengers were identified as Mr. Dulal Biswas S/o Mr. Batul Biswas, R/o Shyamkund & Mr. Uttam Bachar S/o Mr. Shanti Ram Bachar R/o Bangaon respectively under GP Bakultala. After verification of all case related documents the same are being handed over to Range officer Rangat in original for further proceedings of the case. The case is under investigation.
The entire operation took place under the guidance of Mr. Vijay Kishen, Forest Ranger Mobile Squad Rangat & under overall direction and supervision of Mr. Satyaprakash Singh, IFS Divisional Forest Officer, Middle Andaman Forest Division.
Middle Andaman Forest Division has zero tolerance against any offence related to Wildlife or Forest and any other anti-social activities which prevails in the Reserved Forest area/Protected areas.
The Divisional Forest Officer, Middle Andaman has appealed to the general public to pass any credible & relevant information regarding wildlife/Forest Offences to the nearest Range office or on the below mentioned Telephone Numbers,
DFO Office Rangat: 03192-274210, Range office Rangat: 03192-274204, Range Office Bakultala: 03192-277541, Range Office Betapur: 03192-270103, Range Office Bajlungta (Kadamtala) 03192-267019 and Range Office AFEVS Unit (Mobile Squad) 03192-275353
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