The entire male population of a village numbering more than 350, including children, have deserted their homes in Jharkhand apprehending arrest by police in connection with cases of felling trees. They have been booked for destruction of forest and encroachment of forestland under the Forest Act, and some of the cases are a decade old.
Police swung into action threatening arrest of all the males in Barkitand village after a court directive to that effect. The women of the village have preferred to remain indoors to avoid the police which have been visiting frequently of late. More...
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