Tag: Sandalwood Tree

India’s first Sandalwood Museum opens in city
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India’s first Sandalwood Museum opens in city

January 25, 2021

Minister moots idea of moving the Museum to Palace or Zoo premises Mysore/Mysuru: If the fragrance of sandalwood attracts you, check out a wide array of sandalwood products and learn about its cultivation and history at India’s first Sandalwood Museum. This first-of-a-kind museum has been set up by the Mysuru Forest Davison at the Sandalwood…

Sandalwood thieves, traders arrested
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Sandalwood thieves, traders arrested

January 18, 2021

Metagalli Police seize 230 kgs of scented wood worth Rs. 35 lakh Mysore/Mysuru: A week after busting an inter-State gang of sandalwood smugglers and arresting four accused, the city Police swooped on another similar gang and have arrested another four accused. The latest arrests made by Metagalli Police have yielded sandalwood weighing 230 kgs worth…

Inter-State sandalwood smugglers held, 10 cases solved
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Inter-State sandalwood smugglers held, 10 cases solved

January 9, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Police have arrested a four-member gang of inter-State sandalwood smugglers and seized 46 kg sandalwood logs worth Rs. 5.5 lakh and a car used for smuggling. With this arrest, as many as 10 sandalwood theft cases reported in six Police Station limits have been solved. The accused have been identified as Bhupathi,…

City gets India’s first Sandalwood Museum
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City gets India’s first Sandalwood Museum

November 9, 2020

CM Yediyurappa likely to inaugurate after Nov. 25 District Minister suggests to set up Museum at Mysore Palace premises Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar inspected the country’s first Sandalwood Museum, being established at the Sandalwood Depot in Aranya Bhavan premises at Ashokapuram this morning. Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) Dr. K.C. Prashanth Kumar said the…

Sandalwood tree stolen
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Sandalwood tree stolen

July 11, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: After a brief lull, sandalwood thieves have struck again in the city, stealing a Sandalwood tree grown in the front-yard of a house in Jayalakshmipuram Police limits late on Thursday night. The thieves, who entered the front-yard of the house of one Chirag Mehta on 14th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, managed to cut down Sandalwood…

Sandalwood thieves and red sanders smuggler arrested in city
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Sandalwood thieves and red sanders smuggler arrested in city

December 22, 2019

Rs. 83.6 lakh worth sandalwood and red sanders recovered Mysuru: In separate cases, Nazarbad Police and the City Crime Branch (CCB) Police have arrested three sandalwood thieves and another person on charges of illegally storing red sanders logs to be smuggled to the international market and have recovered 45 kg sandalwood billets and 750 kg…

Three Sandalwood trees stolen from Forest Department Office
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Three Sandalwood trees stolen from Forest Department Office

December 4, 2019

Officials red-faced as trees axed under their very nose Mysuru: The Forest Department, tasked to protect forest resources, is in an embarrassing situation, as thieves axed and made away with three sandalwood trees at Aranya Bhavan in Ashokapuram here right under the noses of Forest staff. The thieves, who entered the tightly guarded Aranya Bhavan,…

Sandalwood mafia at it again
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Sandalwood mafia at it again

April 19, 2017

Sir, A couple of months ago, Lingambudhi Lake reserve forest was in the news when the guards shot dead a thief who was trying to cut down sandalwood trees. A gang from H. D. Kote was involved in it, according to Police. Today, the regular walkers noticed that yesterday’s windy evening had brought down many…

3 sandalwood tree thieves arrested
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3 sandalwood tree thieves arrested

April 9, 2017

Mysuru– The City Crime Branch (CCB) Police and Kuvempunagar Police, in a joint operation, have arrested three persons involved in chopping of sandalwood tree in Lingambudhi Lake premises on Feb. 10 midnight in which a person was killed when the Forest Guard opened fire in self-defence, while seven miscreants had fled from the spot. The…

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