Two timber smugglers arrested under VTR

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Bagaha : Mahesh Prasad, Chiutaha forests range officer under Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in West Champaran district, with his associates conducted a raid in sector no.53 of the forest range on late March 7 evening and arrested two timber smugglers. Prasad said that a gang of timber smugglers were felling sal trees. When they saw the forest team approaching hem, ,three smugglers managed to escape in dense forest but two others:  Nagina Munda and Upendar Munda, of village Hariharpur under Gobardhana police station were caught red handed with 14 logs. They were sent to Bagaha sub- jail on March 8. Prasad said the three smugglers who escaped had identified and search for them is on.