Arrest of forest staff in red sanders’ smuggling creates flutter

They reportedly facilitated free movement of logs at check-post

CHITTOOR The arrest of four forest department personnel, including a driver, two beat officers and an outsourcing worker, by the Valmikipuram police on Saturday, on charges of conniving with red sanders smuggling network has created a flutter in the police and forest department circles. Circle Inspector Nagarjuna Reddy said that during the last couple of months, surveillance on the movement of red sanders operatives was intensified along the transit routes from the Seshachalam Hills.