Muttil tree-felling case: Keralam Forest dept. resubmits chargesheet after correcting errors

The Forest department has resubmitted the chargesheet in the controversial Muttil tree-felling case after rectifying the shortcomings that had prompted the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Sulthan Bathery, to return the earlier document.

The revised chargesheet was submitted in the court on Friday after the department made corrections in the document filed on September 17 by the Divisional Forest Officer.

The court had returned the chargesheet citing missing documents, clerical errors, and shortcomings in the confiscation proceedings concerning the vehicle allegedly used to transport the timber. It had also questioned the delay in filing the chargesheet, observing that the department had not submitted a petition requesting that the delay be condoned.