Dadeldhura, Dec 13: A team of Commission for
Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Friday arrested Jagat Paki, a
former UCPN (Maoist) central committee member, for allegedly involved in timber
smuggling.
The District Forest Office, Dadeldhura, said
that Paki was arrested from Chure region in the district.
Assistant Forest Officer Dan Bahadur Shrestha
said Paki was held from the CIAA team deployed from Kanchanpur and forest
officials from Area Forest Office.
CIAA official Bishnu Singh Bista said the
timber was seized after a raid based on tip off that deforestation was carried
out in a massive way in the area.
It is said that smugglers are falling a large
number of trees in Chure region in the district in cahoots with the officials
of Alital Range Post.
Likewise, police arrested one Ajun Bhattarai on
a separate incident of Chure denudation in the district. RSS
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