1.45 lakh bribe for smuggling ‘Sand Boas Snake’ (Iruthalamuri) , range forest officer and driver suspended

Kozhikode:Earlier Sudheesh was transferred to Paruthipalli under investigation, but he was appointed at Paruthipalli within hours after the organization leadership intervened.

Suspension of range forest officers who accepted a bribe of 1.45 lakhs to smuggle two-headed Muri snake. Thiruvananthapuram Paruthipalli range officer L. Sudheesh Kumar and driver R. Deepu have been suspended.
35,000 rupees bribe to release the lorry used to smuggle fake timber. A bribe of Rs.500,000 to cut rubber on the owned land and Rs.3,000 to renew the license of the sawmill. Complaints have been raised against them that they have collected bribes like this.

The forest Flying Squad, which conducted a further investigation into the intelligence report, made very serious findings. The range officer took a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from the accused’s relatives to hand over the Toyota Qualis vehicle used to smuggle Sand Boas Snake(Iruthalamuri). The money was paid directly to Sudheesh Kumar and to his friends’ GooglePay numbers. Bribes have been taken in the same way for handing over the lorry loaded with timber seized from Aryanadu side and renewing the gun license.

Binu, who was injured in a car accident in Vitura section, has even demanded half a lakh rupees for cutting the rubber trees on the land owned by him. It is also stated in the vigilance report that Dipu worked as an intermediary for the range officer to settle the cases.