Crowd rally against Johukami of Forest Department in Visavadar Panth
- Allegation of making false FIR alleging corruption
- Demand for action against forest department officials responsible for terror in Hasnapur village, police assure proper investigation
Visavadar: In Hasnapur village of Visavadar, a quarrel broke out between the locals and the forest department over the auction of a quarter yesterday. In which a police complaint was registered against a person by the Forest Department for threatening to interrupt duty and bid term. Outrage erupted in Hasnapur village over the issue and today a large number of people, including rural women, rallied in Visavadar town and filed an application with the Mamlatdar and the police demanding action against those responsible.
This will probably be the first time in the history of the forest department that such a large number of settlement villagers have revolted against the forest department. The forest department is carrying out such a riot that today people from house to house gathered and took to the streets and expressed their indignation against the forest department. A crowd rallied from the bus stand in Visavadar city and reached Mamlatdar's office at Kanaiya Chowk. Where he made a scathing representation to the Mamlatdar and demanded immediate action against the forest officials. The rally later reached Visavadar police station and the leaders discussed the incident and forest harassment with top police officials. So the police officials assured that the whole matter would be judicially investigated and the DYSP himself would visit the incident site of Hasnapur village and after hearing the representations of the villagers would make proper disposal.
In this whole affair, Congress President Karashanbhai Vadodaria had alleged that the youth against whom the Forest Department had lodged a complaint had earlier exposed the corruption in the Forest Department. He also complained to the MLA of Visavadar about the poor quality of development work being done by the forest department and complained that the forest department had made efforts to prevent Hasnapur village from getting help in the hurricane. So many such hatreds have been reported to the police. So that a neutral investigation should take place.
The villagers and women of Hasnapur have alleged that after the complaint after yesterday's incident, there was a lot of anger in the village towards the forest department. To suppress it, a large number of forest department staff and officials rushed to the spot and ransacked the houses, terrorizing and threatening the women. The villagers have demanded immediate legal action against the Forest Department officials and employees and a neutral inquiry into the complaint lodged by the Forest Department officials.
Police provision was allotted in Hasnapur village
The villagers of Hasnapur had lodged a complaint with the police alleging that the staff of the forest department had repeatedly come and threatened them. So that police provision should be allocated for protection. Following which, it is learned that provision has been made by the police in Hasnapur village. This is the first time that such a large number of rallies have been held against the forest department and the locals have had to demand police protection for protection from the forest department.
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