Wife of a forest officer Obed Bohovi Swu, was abused by some locals, allegedly ‘encroachers’ residing adjacent to Zoological Park, Rangapahar Thursday.
According to the statement of the lady, around 30 womenfolk including men in five vehicles, went to their residence at Forest Colony here Thursday at around 6:30 a.m. carrying bags of weeds. She said the womenfolk walked straight into the room while she was praying and abused her by saying that “her husband has doing something wrong which is against the law”. They accused her of instigating her husband to destroy their paddy cultivated “inside Zoological park” then threw all the bags of weeds on her.
They said her husband officer in-charge (Ranger), Obed Bohovi Swu had no authority to destroy the paddy being cultivated inside the “Zoological Park, Rangapahar.” It may be mentioned that the same group was arrested by police on August 29 while carrying out cultivation inside the park. The same group went to the same house some few months back.
Meanwhile, Chief wild life warden, T. Lotha said under wild life and forest Act, forest or ranger officers on duty are authorized to remove any unauthorized structure inside the government area. He said that the department would urge the district administration and police officer to arrest the culprits,
“They had no right to vandalize and abuse someone’s wife, who was not in the picture as it was an official matter,” T. Lotha said.
FCRUD, Zoological park personnel condemn
Meanwhile, Forest Colony Residential Union Dimapur (FCRUD) and Personnel of Nagaland Zoological Park, Rangapahar have strongly condemned the incident.
In a statement, the FCRUD chairman S.Bendangmongba, on behalf of forest colony residents, said at around…
6:30 a.m. a group of person numbering around 15 mostly women arrived at the official residence of forest ranger, Rangapahar Zoological Park and physically assaulted his wife by dumping sacks of paddy all over her body and used abusive words.
Expressing shock over the incident, the union said such act could only be carried out by people who were of “unsound mind, insane” and who have “lost all sense of rationality.”
In the light of the incident, the FCRUD has issued a “strong warning” to any individual disturbing the peaceful atmosphere of the colony, adding such acts would be strongly dealt with. It also requested all the right thinking citizens to condemn the act.
In another statement, the personnel of Nagaland Zoological Park, Rangapahar “strongly” condemned the “physical abuse” upon the wife of their officer-in-charge by “anti-social encroachers”.
The staffs and personnel of the park said they have taken serous note over “the criminal act”. They also urged all right thinking citizens to condemn such “heinous crime committed upon innocent family of government servant.”
Further, they strongly appealed to the government to arrest those “encroachers”, put on trial and award befitting punishment. The park staffs also appealed to the general public to help conserve the only Zoological park in the state.
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