According to Rajendra Bhongale, Assistant Conservator of Forests, Palghar Division, they received a tipoff that a blue colour Maruti van was moving in the Dhekale jungles, bordering the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway No.8., near Manor.
The van was later found parked near a bungalow 'Shreyas' in Vevoor village of Palghar. "Workers were cutting rosewood into slabs and making wooden articles out of them inside the bungalow," said Bhongale.
The seized wood is valued at Rs 2.50 lakh in the market. Seven persons identified as Rajesh Shrivastav, Ganesh Rajput, Santoshkumar Shrivastav, Guddu Shrivastav, Anil Shrivastav and Rajendra Shrivastav and Bhiva Shanvar the owner of the bungalow have been arrested. All the accused, except Shanvar hail from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Forest officials seized the motors used to cut the rosewood slabs. The accused have been booked under various sections of the Indian Forest Act and the Mumbai Forest Act. They are in police custody. Forest officials said that they feared the involvement of insiders in the smuggling activity. Forest staffers are believed to be helping the smugglers carry the rosewood out of the forest without being caught. The rosewood trees in the Dhekale jungles are monitored by the state government. Axing of the rosewood trees needs the permission of the Forest Department.
Rosewood is a high premium wood and costs around Rs 5,000 per cubic feet in the commercial market and the wood is used to make arte facts, household furniture and wooden kitchenware.
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