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Case registered against son of Uttarakhand BJP minister Prem Chand Aggarwal for tree felling

Case registered against son of Uttarakhand BJP minister Prem Chand Aggarwal for tree felling

S.M.A.KAZMI

Dehradun, Jan 10

A case has been registered by the Uttarakhand Forest department against son of Uttarakhand cabinet minister and senior BJP and RSS leader Prem Chand Aggarwal for tree felling. The son of the powerful minister was booked for felling two trees of protected species while undertaking work for his tourist resort. According to forest department sources, a case was registered against Piyush Aggarwal, son of Prem Chand Aggarwal for felling two Khair trees which are protected species in Khairkhal area of Neelkanth road in Kotdwar area of Yamkeshwar assembly segment. A total of 26 trees were felled for paving a road by a JCB machine up to the resort.

The villagers charged that while the district administration tried to ignore the alleged violations, the forest department was forced to register a case in the matter. According to media report, Piyush Aggarwal reportedly stated that he had all the necessary permissions for felling the trees but admitted that if any violation has been done, he would pay the required fine.

Meanwhile, Uttarakhand Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal said that a report has been sought and strict action would be taken on any violation.

Interestingly, it was same general area of Yamkeshwar assembly segment where a 19 year old Ankita Bhandari was killed by son of a powerful BJP and RSS leader at his private resort on September 18, 2022. Ankita Bhandari hailing from Pauri Garhwal district was killed by Pulkit Arya, the owner of Vantara resort, where she worked near Luxman Jhula area near Rishikesh on September 18, 2022 when she allegedly refused to give ‘Special services” to some VIP clients. She had joined the resort owned by Pulkit Arya, who is son of Vinod Arya, a senior BJP leader and former RSS ‘Parcharak’, who had also enjoyed a ministerial rank position in the previous BJP state government led by another former RSS ‘Parcharak’ Trivendra Singh Rawat. His another son Ankit Arya was also vice-chairman of the Uttarakhand Other Backward Classes Commission with a ministerial rank. Both the father and his son were later expelled from the party following the murder case.

Ankita’s refusal and threat to expose the resort owner, infuriated him who threw her in Chilla canal to drown after beating her up. The murder accused are in jail as case proceedings are on in a law court.

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