Rosewood ‘theft’ unearthed in Wayanad village
The Hindu
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.With the Prajwal Revanna sexual abuse case taking new twists every day, JD(S) State president and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday appealed to the Hassan MP, who is his nephew, to return and subject himself to the legal process. This is the first time that such an appeal has been made by the family.
Amidst continuing protest over the murder of Anjali Ambiger in Hubballi, Home Minister G. Parameshwara, who visited the victim’s family on Monday, announced in a press conference that like the Neha Hiremath case, this too would be handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for inquiry.