Nagpur: The theft of the sandalwood tree from the Zonal DCP bungalow Noorul Hasan was conscious on Tuesday it might show more incidents like that because the racket involving wood at high prices is known to be alive in the rainy season.
Sandalwood stolen from the city was sent to Gujarat and Rajasthan where there was a high demand for it.
According to people in, thieves from certain communities that are mostly illegal activities, are known to have skills in identifying sandalwood trees and cutting them in a short time.
Wearing ‘commandos’ like clothes, they did reception during the day and strike at night between 1.30 in the morning and 4 in the morning.
Last year, around 10 gang members were nabbed and around 60kg-70kg Sandana stolen was restored after the police detected four cases like that.
The prominent Vinod Tiwari sub-inspector posted at the conscious police station has damaged the gang.
The sandalwood tree has been stolen in the past also from Maharajbagh, Gorewada, Seminar Hill, Office of the Division Commissioner and other places.
While the gang boldly cuts trees from the Hasan bungalow, which is in a stone’s throw from the conscious police station, last year the same theft has occurred at the official residence of the excavation, the range of Naxal, in civilian lines.
In the last case, the gang is likely to enter through the back side of the bungalow that has nullah flowing close together.
The wall is being repaired.
After cutting the tree, the thief cuts it into small pieces and takes it secret warehouse on Jalan Katol-Sawargaon.
From there, the wood was loaded into the container and was taken to Gujarat, and Ajmer and the city in Rajasthan.
According to a police officer who visited one of the gods’ warehouses last year, these places were guarded strictly with entry only allowed with passwords.
It was studied, sandalwood was generally used in attar factories (aroma) in Rajasthan from which ‘dust’ was transferred to the agarbattan or dhoop factory.
In Gujarat too, sandalwood has requests in attar and agarbattic factories.
The source also states that some sandalwood pieces are also on the online market.
According to insiders, thieves produce from around RS3,000 even as high as RS50,000 per kg depending on quality.
Senior Vacho Inspector from the conscious police station said his team had found potential instructions and tended to be zero on the gang immediately.
“We are working on some information.
Immediately, we can catch the gang,” he said.