Kharar police have booked four people, including the sarpanch and two panches of Rora village, for allegedly excavating a notified forest strip along the Kharar-Gharuan road to lay a pipeline without permission.
The FIR, registered at Kharar police station names Rora sarpanch Kuljeet Singh, Jarnail Singh, Darbara Singh and Gurminder Singh. The DFO subsequently approached the Mohali senior superintendent of police, seeking registration of a case against the four people and action against the JCB to recover the damages. The BNS provisions relate to assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant, obstruction of a public servant in discharge of public functions and criminal trespass.
Police have also named a JCB machine (PB 10DK 4090) allegedly used for the excavation. Kharar police registered the FIR under Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, Sections 2 and 3A of the Forest (Conservation) Act, and Sections 132, 221 and 329 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
