Two recent forest guard deaths in Similipal spur reforms
2023年8月25日 · In the past three months, one forest guard and a forest ranger have been gunned down inside the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha, Asia’s second-largest biosphere reserve. The deaths led to widespread protests by non-gazetted forest department officials seeking better security and immunity.
Forest guard murder: Himachal Pradesh HC refers case to CBI
2017年9月13日 · The Himachal Pradesh High Court referred the probe relating to the alleged murder of a 22-year-old forest guard at Mandi’s Karsog area to the CBI.The agency was asked to take over the investigations into the case immediately and find-out the reason behind the mysterious death.
CBI submits status report in Hoshiar Singh murder
2017年11月22日 · Though the HP Police has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death, the locals and forest guard’s kin are demanding CBI inquiry into the incident.
Kaziranga: The park that shoots people to protect rhinos
2017年2月10日 · The park authorities say guards shot Goanburah inside the forest reserve when he did not respond to a warning.
The Unnoticed Heroes: Forest Guards and Their Lives
2014年6月20日 · It was in October 2012 when the news came in from Ranthambore National Park, where a young male tiger attacked a forest guard named Gheesu Singh and then dragged him 50 feet inside the dense forest.
Should forest guards be armed with lethal weapons? - India Today
2021年2月20日 · On February 4, Madanlal Verma, 58, a forest guard posted in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district, did not return home after work. A search operation that night located his body in the forests of the Punjapura range.
Bark v. United States Forest Service, No. 19-35665 (9th Cir. 2020)
2020年5月4日 · The panel reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment for the Forest Service in an action alleging violations of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Forest Management Act (NFMA).
Odisha: Police arrest 10 poachers in forest guard murder case in …
2023年6月25日 · Bringing the accused to justice, the police arrested 10 poachers in connection to a forest guard’s murder case in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj. The murder took place on June 17, when the guard asked the poachers to leave the area, who were there for hunting.
Supreme Court tells Centre to arm forest officers to fight poachers
2021年1月8日 · The Supreme Court on Friday urged the government to arm forest officers and provide them with bullet-proof vests and vehicles when told that India recorded the “greatest number of mortal ...
Second arrest made in forest guard murder case
2019年7月8日 · The accused was identified as Paramjit Singh, resident of Bajpur, Udham Singh Nagar district and had allegedly opened fire on the guards around 2.30 am on June 21, 2019 morning in Berhaini forest range of Terai Central forest division. Another accused Lakhwinder Singh is still on the run, according to police officials.