Archive · 20 Sep 2025
CBI Arrests Sandalwood Smuggler in Madhya Pradesh
The CBI has caught a person named Rajkumar Sharma.
He's accused of illegally taking a lot of sandalwood.
The sandalwood came from a forest area in Madhya Pradesh.
The CBI filed a case last year after finding a lot of the wood was missing.
The man was caught in Haryana and is now going to court.
CBI arrested Rajkumar Sharma for sandalwood smuggling.
The smuggling occurred in Dhamnod Forest Range, Madhya Pradesh.
The CBI registered the case on August 20, 2024.
Sharma was apprehended in Bahadurgarh, Haryana.
The case involves the smuggling of over 15,000 kgs of sandalwood.
- Who
- CBI
- What
- Arrest of a sandalwood smuggler
- When
- Wednesday (arrest)
- Where
- Bahadurgarh, Haryana
- Why
- In connection with smuggling of sandalwood from Dhamnod Forest Range
- Accused Arrested
- Rajkumar Sharma
- Charges
- Sandalwood smuggling
- Location of Smuggling
- Dhamnod Forest Range, Madhya Pradesh
- Quantity Smuggled
- 15,350.55 kgs
- Date of CBI Case Registration
- August 20, 2024
