Personal News-Patiala
Derabassi, 29 December
A case of theft of khair wood from Bakarpur Bir here at night has come to light. The forest department personnel, while visiting Bir at night, saw some people stealing wood, who fled the scene on seeing the officials. The officials of the department have taken possession of a three wheeler which was full of stolen firewood from the spot and handed it over to the police. Officials of the forest department said that they had been receiving information for several days that wood was being stolen from the forest area. Based on this information, they were being cautious. Under this, it was reported that some people are stealing wood from Bakarpur Bir. Acting on the information, a team led by guards Resham Singh and Palwinder Singh raided the spot at night, the thieves fled the spot, but a white elephant three-wheeler was found there, which has been taken into possession. It was filled with several quintals of good wood. This wood is worth lakhs of rupees. He said that after taking possession of the three-wheeler, he handed it over to the police and demanded action against the accused.