KOKRAJHAR, SEP 17: Sensation prevailed along with Jharbari area after a timber smuggler found dead in a firing incident early morning today in Kokrajhar.
According to source, a firing incident took place along the ride no 1 under Jharbari range of Haltugaon forest division in Kokrajhar district where a timber smuggler was found dead on the spot when he was on the way carrying logs on a cycle from inside the deep forest area.
The body of timber smuggler was identified as Hemanta Narzary of Gyanpuri village under Serfanguri police station.
The body of the deceased has been sent to Barista medical college and hospital for postmortem.
Later, local peoples from the area have expressed their protest against the incident and demanded an investigation into the incident.
Meanwhile, the district magistrate of Kokrajhar has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident.
