"400 Kanals (50 acres) of forestland falling in village Balliin Kalidhar range of Rajouri district was retrieved from encroachers Ram Dass, Sita Ram, Dev Raj, Joginder Lal and Shakti Kumar," a FPF officer said.
In an anti-encroachment drive, V S Senthil Kumar, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Jammu constituted a team and the whole operation was carried out in the presence of police and Naib Tehsilder as Duty Magistrate.
A Forest Offence Report (FOR) for violation of Section 6 of Jammu and Kashmir Forest Act has also been registered against the encroachers, the DFO said.