Rosewood ‘theft’ unearthed in Wayanad village

Revenue officials investigating the felling of rosewood at Krishnagiri village in Wayanad unearthed stumps of two huge rosewood trees on a revenue pattaya land in the village on Friday.A team of 12 of

Revenue officials investigating the felling of rosewood at Krishnagiri village in Wayanad unearthed stumps of two huge rosewood trees on a revenue pattaya land in the village on Friday. A team of 12 officials, under the Sulthan Bathery tahsildar, on verifying a 3.5-acre coffee plantation with the tree register found that three rosewood trees had been stolen from the land. While logs of one of the trees were seized a few months ago and a case had been registered, a probe has been initiated in the case of the other two trees, officials said. The team was able to unearth the stumps of two trees that were covered with mud after felling it, Krishnagiri village officer Abdul Salam, a member of the team, said. He said cases would be registered against the land owner in this connection.