BHOPAL: Three forest department personnel were critically injured after timber mafia goons attacked them with axes in a jungle near Panna National Park on Saturday. One of them is battling for life.
This comes less than 10 days after a forest guard was shot dead in Dewas by alleged poachers. On Saturday night, forest guards Chatrapal Lodhi, Swamideen Kushwah and Govind Singh Yadav were patrolling their beat when they heard the sound of axe striking wood. They followed the noise and found a dozen men cutting down trees in a patch of the forest in Vishramganj range of North Panna division.