The issue of illegal felling of trees in Badalkhol Sanctuary in Jashpur district of the state was raised by Opposition members in the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Thursday. In a calling attention motion, Congress member Amarjeet Bhagat demanded stern action against the guilty. Bhagat alleged a forest mafia was active in the Badalkhol Sanctuary of the Jashpur region which is illegally felling the trees. He sought stern action against the mafia while asserting that it is cutting the trees there at a mass level. In his reply, Forest Minister Mahesh Gagda refuted the member's allegation and said that he had taken information about the actual situation in the region and there was no such incident happening there. Bhagat demanded from the Minister to set up an Enquiry and do the procedure of counting the tree stumps in the affected area. The Minister said he will instruct the concerned officials to look into the matter.