Land Grabbers’ Attack On Forest Officials Leave Five Injured, Cop's Uniform Torn, Rifle Snatched

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published December 18, 2024 | 06:10 PM

MUZAFFARGARH, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Dec, 2024) A number of armed men attacked a team of forest department officials and police when

the team tried to regain the possession of 82 acres of forest land in at Bait Eisan Wala

in Mehmood Kot area of district Muzaffargarh, police said on Wednesday.

Dozens of armed men attacked the official team, leaving five forest department officials

severely injured and some of them suffered bone fractures in their shoulder, arms and ribs.

A police official accompanying them for security also suffered the attack, police said

adding that attackers torn his uniform and snatched his rifle.

Mehmood Kot police said, they had registered FIR and recovered weapons, tractor and

motorcycle from the accused. They said that a heavy contingent of police would soon be

sent to the site to get the state land retrieved from illegal occupants and arrest the accused

involved in the attack.

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