13 sandalwood trees stolen from Pune’s High Explosives Factory in Khadki

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As many as 13 sandalwood trees were chopped and stolen from the secured premises of the High Explosives Factory located in Khadki. The incident adds to several such cases in the recent past in which theft of sandalwood trees is reported from secured premises.
A First Information Report in the incident was registered at Khadki police station Sunday by officials of the High Explosives Factory. The complaint states that 13 sandalwood trees near the old boat club facility on the factory premises came to light on the night of June 24.
The officials subsequently approached the Khadki police station and an FIR was registered against the unidentified suspects. Senior inspector Dattatray Chavan, in-charge of Khadki police station said, “The area from where the trees were stolen is located close to Mula riverfront. As per our primary information, security guards were deployed in the area. The probe is on.”
High Explosives Factory in Khadki is one of 41 ordnance factories under the erstwhile Ordnance Factory Board and it now comes under the Pune-headquartered Munitions India Ltd after the process of corporatisation.
Investigation into similar thefts across the city in the past has indicated the involvement of organised gangs.
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