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In today's article we will read such an interesting news that you may have read and heard very little. About smuggling in Chitral that people used donkeys to smuggle timber and when the police raided them. When they were hit, they ran away. There were only donkeys left, so the donkeys were brought to court.
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Humans continue to appear in the courts of Pakistan, but today donkeys have also been presented in a court.
Questions have been raised about what the donkeys were accused of, whether they were used as facilitators or whether they were part of the case. This was the court of Assistant Commissioner Drosh of Chitral district and these donkeys were mainly used for timber smuggling. Reports of timber smuggling continue to be received in Chitral and other northern areas and the government is trying to stop it, but the timber forests are rapidly being depleted.
What happened in court today?
Five donkeys were presented in the court of Assistant Commissioner Darosh Taseefullah. It was alleged that these donkeys were involved in smuggling of timber in Darosh area of Chitral. The assistant commissioner had summoned these five donkeys as property in the timber smuggling case and after satisfaction the donkeys and timber sleepers. Handed over to Forest Department officials. AC Chitral said that the donkeys were produced in the magistrate's court today to ensure that the donkeys are safe and that they are not handed over to anyone else and that they are not used again for smuggling. The court confirmed that the donkeys are in the custody of the concerned authorities.
Why were donkeys brought to court?
The story has been told that reports of timber smuggling in these areas of Drosh were received by the administration, on which action was taken. The time for smuggling is before dawn when the timber is brought to the saw machine. Assistant Commissioner Taseefullah while conducting the operation at that time caught three donkeys with four timber sleepers tied to them. He told that during this operation, one accused was arrested and two escaped while the donkeys were handed over to the custody of the forest officer. According to him, he had given these donkeys to a local person on trust so that he could take care of them.
Two days after the incident, a complaint was received that smuggling was still going on, which was again acted upon and three more donkeys were seized, along with timber sleepers.Later there were reports that these three donkeys might be the same ones that were given at Supardari, but later it was found that two of them were new and one donkey was the same. In this regard, the court ordered the forest officials to present all the donkeys in the court. That the same donkeys are again being used in smuggling.
The assistant commissioner said that these donkeys were seen in the court today and one of them was the same but this donkey was caught by mistake and this donkey was not used in smuggling for the second time.He said that the area where the anti-trafficking operation was conducted was dark and the donkey brought by the officials was also tied in that area. An explanation was submitted by the forest officers, on which the court expressed satisfaction and handed over the donkeys to the forest department officials.
A forest officer and other officials appeared in the court on behalf of the forest department. Taseefullah said that it is difficult to keep these donkeys in government custody. Their care and feeding has to be managed so forest department people usually give the donkeys to a responsible person on superdari so these donkeys were given to the owner of a sawmill on superdari.This donkey and timber sleeper is a property case and they will remain in custody until this case is decided and when this case is decided then the property case will be decided accordingly.
Why donkeys?
Basically it's the hard way. This timber is smuggled from mountains to forests and rivers. And when this wood is brought down from the mountains, it is then cut into pieces. Timber smuggling in this area is difficult on vehicles so donkeys are used. One thing is also important in this, when the donkeys know the way, they leave by themselves, there is no need to have a human with them, and they reach their destination by themselves, so often such Donkeys are also used for smuggling or other operations.
Who is the smuggler?
There are conflicting reports about this. It is said at the official level that big smugglers may be behind it. And they use poor labor to make smuggling possible. But on the other hand, the local people say that the castor area is located near the Pakistan-Afghan border in Darush and it provides some income to the poor people. The local population has said that actually one or two pieces of wood are tied to the donkeys but there is no large-scale smuggling. He said that large-scale smuggling would take place in trucks, for which other routes could be used.
Penalties for illegal logging and smuggling
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Forest Department punishes illegal felling and smuggling of trees in the form of fines. These fines are reset every year. Currently, any vehicle found smuggling illegal timber can be fined up to Rs 70,000. The fine is doubled for such a vehicle caught at night. It should be noted that this fine is only on the vehicle. Now then the forest department officials have some legal powers with respect to the captured timber. Caught timber is dealt with separately.
If the people from whom the wood is seized confess their guilt, the forest department officials fine them for the wood seized. The minimum fine ranges from Rs.1500 to Rs.4000. Different types of wood have different penalties. The highest penalty is for diar and the lowest penalty is for pine wood. According to the forest department, these fines are fixed according to the market rate. They try to impose maximum fines.
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