JAIPUR: Having been at the receiving end for their alleged slack conservation work at the Ranthambore National Park, officials of the forest department on Monday lodged an FIR against villagers and activists working in the area.
In the FIR lodged at the Mangla Dungar police station, officials named Dharmendra Khandal of the NGO Tiger Watch, besides villagers Mahendra Kumar, Rupa, Kanhaiya, Lari, Ramkesh, Hanuman, Manoj, Hakiya, Mandraj, Siyaram and Haria.
The case has been lodged under Sections 353, 332, 816 of IPC and Section 3/51 of the Forest Act. Khandal had taken pictures of the tiger attacking the ranger Daulat Singh Shaktawat on the sanctaury’s outskirts on Friday.
The FIR, lodged by the assistant conservator of forests, alleges the named people snatched away the tranquillizer gun from the official and pelted stones at the tiger. Most Sections cited are for disrupting public servants’ work and contain sentences of two or three-year terms.
“What happened on that day is the result of a total militancy by villagers and NGOs who, instead of being sensitive towards the limitation of the department, not only obstructed them from working but also provoked the tiger by constantly pelting stones at it,” said R N Mehrotra, PCCF and Head of Forest Forces, Rajasthan
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