NEWS

Road mishap

 

COOCH BEHAR, June 23: One man was killed and fourteen others injured in a road mishap in Mathabhanga today.

 

Police said, when the driver of a maxi-taxi lost his control over the steering wheels of the passenger-vehicle it overturned near Baudia Bazar at about 11 a.m. A passenger, Girindra Barman (70) was killed and fourteen other passengers were injured. Two of the injured were sent to MJN Hospital in Cooch Behar in serious condition. The remaining twelve injured passengers were shifted to Mathabhanga sub-divisional hospital.

 

The ill-fated vehicle was coming to Mathabhanga from Sitalkuchi. []

 

Timber seized

 

COOCH BEHAR, June 23: Acting on a tip-off a team of forest officials led by Cooch Behar DFO (Social Forestry) Mr Apurba Sen and ADFO (SF) Mr Asitava Chatterjee conducted raids at Saldanga of Baxirhat from last night. They seized about five truckload forest timbers (30 cubic-metre) worth Rs 2-lakh from the riverbed of Raidak-II and adjacent areas. The raid continued till Monday noon.

 

It is suspected that the timbers were illegally brought from the forests in Assam rafted along the Raidak-II river.

 

The ADFO (SF), Mr Chatterjee said they would continue their raids in the Assam-Bengal border area to curb illegal trafficking of forest timbers. []

 

PHOTO : In a street in Cooch Behar after a splash of shower on Monday afternoon.