BIRGUNJ: Gun fires have been exchanged between forest patrol team and smugglers in a forest in Parsa district.
The alleged smugglers were caught red-handed while trying to supply logs from a forest protected under the Subdivision Forest Office.
The smugglers are said to have opened fire after seeing the patrol team which had reached the forest after receiving a tip-off about the smugglers.
According to office chief Rajeshwar Man Shrestha, the patrol team opened two rounds of fire in retaliation.
The team has confiscated logs, and bicycles and some axes from the site, Shrestha said.
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