Thomas (Special correspondent)
As many as six sandalwood trees were chopped into pieces and taken away from the high security area of CQAE (Controllerate of Quality Assurance-Electronic) ministry of defence situated at Jalahalli camp road in Yeshwanthpur on last Saturday morning .
Rajesh Jhajaria,security officer of the CQAE campus filed a complaint on Wednesday after obtaining the due permission from the authorities concerned.
The area is a high security zone with multi layered security checks,despite this it is shocking that six trees have been chopped into pieces and taken away from the area in broad daylight is a matter of security lapse and also a matter of serious concern,a senior police officer said .
Based on the complaint, the RMC yard police have registered a case under forest act and theft and are investigating further and the smugglers will be nabbed special teams are working on it he added.
