150 Litres of Unlawful ‘Lahan’ Seized from New Bimblitan Reserve Forest

Tarun Karthick

Sri Vijaya Puram, 09 August 2025

Acting on credible inputs, the Forest Department seized 150 litres of illicitly fermented liquor, domestically referred to as ‘Lahan’, from the New Bimblitan Reserve Forest space on Friday.

The operation, led by Ms.  Anita S. Pillai, Deputy Ranger, together with Mr. Shyam Sunder Rao and 4 beat mazdoors — Mr. Saurav Baroi, Mr. Loganathan, Mr. P. Papa Rao, and Mr. Randhir Soreng — resulted within the confiscation of the illicit liquor together with one iron caska and 4 tin cans.

A case has been registered towards unknown offenders underneath related provisions of the Indian Forest Act, 1927. The crew carried out an in depth search of the encircling space in an try to collect additional proof, however no extra leads may very well be traced. The seized objects have been handed over to the Camp Officer, Headquarters, for protected custody.

The total operation was carried out underneath the supervision of the Range Officer, Garacharma Range, based mostly on dependable data obtained from a confidential supply.

The Forest Department has urged the general public to report any data relating to unlawful forest or wildlife produce by calling the helpline quantity 03192-255228. The id of informants might be saved strictly confidential.