Forest guard shot dead while on patrol in the forest, police arrested four hunters:

News Topical, Digital Desk : A shocking incident has come to light in Odisha's Dhenkanal district. A forest guard died a painful death while protecting wildlife here. This incident happened in the forests of Hindol when the forest department team was suddenly attacked by poachers during regular patrolling. The name of the forest guard was Prahlad Pradhan, who was 37 years old. He had gone on patrol with a team of 13 people. The team was attacked at around 3 o'clock in the night, in which Prahlad was shot in the stomach. In an injured state, he was first taken to Hindol CHC, from where he was referred to Angul District Hospital. However, the doctors declared him dead.

Four hunters arrested

After this attack, the forest department team took immediate action and caught four hunters. Weapons have also been confiscated from them. The rest of the attackers fled from the spot, whose search is still on. Dhenkanal DFO Sumit Kumar Kar said, "Our team had gone to the forest for a regular patrol. During this time, a gang of hunters started firing, in which Prahlad Pradhan got injured. He was immediately taken for treatment, but his life could not be saved. We have detained four hunters and interrogation is going on."

Search operation continues

Let us tell you that this incident not only highlights the dangers faced by the forest department, but also shows the risky conditions in which the employees deployed to protect the forests work. Through interrogation of the detained hunters, efforts are being made to find out who the rest of the criminals are and where they are hiding. A joint team of the forest department and the police is continuously conducting search operations in the area.