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MULTAN, Dec 05 (APP):Two men booked for stealing wood from a government forest and torturing a forestry worker in the Chowk Azam area,here on Friday.
According to the FIR, two suspects identified as Fayyaz and Feroz were caught cutting eucalyptus trees and loading the wood onto a loader rickshaw.When an irrigation baildar tried to stop them,the suspects allegedly tied him with ropes and severely beat him.
The baildar managed to alert Forest Guard Muhammad Saleem,who later tried to stop the suspects on the road.However,they threatened to kill him and escaped with the stolen timber.
Police have registered a case worth cash amounting Rs.55,000 under Sections.379 and 411 of the Pakistan Penal code at the Chowk Azam Police Station on the complaint of Forest Guard Saleem.