Summary:
The forest department suspended an officer and ordered an inquiry against the deputy conservator forest officer. Meanwhile, the forest department suspended Chandrakant Shelke, regional forest officer (RFO), Badlapur, and also initiated an inquiry against Dr Jitendra Ramgaokar, deputy conservator of forest. At last, action against forest officials for their negligence towards one lakh trees that were set on fire in an Ambernath village last week, gained momentum. Hence, they set the trees on fire and the forest department is hand in glove with them," Shinde alleged. He further said that the forest department should post guards and build a boundary wall to protect the trees..