Forest Department officials on Sunday arrested four persons on the charge of illegally stone-quarrying in the Dalijoda forest in Jajpur district.
The officials also seized three tractors and two trucks loaded with stones from them, said Forest Ranger of the Dalijoda Protected Reserve Forest Dilip Kumar Singh.
The arrested persons, Purna Chandra Deuri of Balarampur, Prasan Patra of Gunduripur, Manas lenka of Kaitha and Hadibandhu Mallick of Talasahi village, had been illegally quarrying the hillocks in the forest area without obtaining any permission from the concerned authorities, Singh added.