The suspects who have been on the run in connection with alleged attack on a trainee forest official during checking of illegal collection of riverbed materials from the Kosi River in Ramnagar on Sunday evening, have moved the court to avoid arrest.
The Ramnagar police, which is investigating the matter has said that the suspects who have been on the run after the Sunday incident, had now submitted their bail applications to the local court in Ramnagar to avoid the arrest.
As the suspects have now moved the court, so it is difficult to say whether they get bail from the court or not, said NS Ramola, sub inspector of Ramnagar police station, who is investigating this case, while talking to
The Pioneer. He added, now it is upto the court to decide upon this matter. We are waiting for the court’s decision.
The four suspects have been identified as Shiv Singh, Birender Singh and Diwan Singh, all were resident of Chhoi (Ramnagar) and Hemant Bisht is a resident of Gijoni (Ramnagar), further informed Ramola.
Though the police have stepped up its investigation into the case, it could not
trace the whereabouts of the suspects so far.
It may be recalled that following complaint of illegal collection of the riverbed materials from the Kohi River in the terai-west forest division in Ramnagar, a team led by trainee IFS Nitishmani Tripathi, posted at the Belparao range of the terai-west forest division reached Koshi river site on Sunday evening. However, the suspects including some women tried to allegedly attack the trainee forest official in a place near Chhoi, Ramnagar,
sail the officials.
Following the complaint of the forest officials of the terai-west forest division, a case has already been registered against the suspects at the Ramnagar police station.