Bengal: Dima tea garden manager arrested for alleged felling of shade trees

Siliguri, Oct 13 (UNI) The forest department on Tuesday arrested Abhijit Raha, senior manager of Dima Tea Estate in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, for allegedly felling 25 to 30 shade trees in a section of the garden for which permission had not been granted. He was produced before a court in accordance with the law. According to sources, Raha had obtained permission from the forest department to fell shade trees in a particular section of the tea estate. However, during an inspection following a complaint, forest officials allegedly found that trees had been felled in a different section across the…