Three sandalwood trees found hacked

Close on the heels of the sandalwood theft at Raj Bhavan, three sandalwood trees were found hacked on the premises of Seventh Day Adventist Mission at Salisbury Park.
Ravi Daniel Nikamani (53), an employee of the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, who lives on the mission campus, lodged a complaint with the Swargate police in this regard.
The police said the unidentified thieves forced entry on to the mission campus on Wednesday night and hacked the three trees to steal the precious wood.
They added that one of the trees was eight years old and 10 feet tall, another five years old and five feet tall and the last four years old and six feet tall.
In his complaint, Daniel estimated the total worth of the stolen wood at Rs15,000. This is the second major incident of sandalwood theft in the city over the last one week. Three sandalwood trees were chopped down and the wood stolen from the premises of Raj Bhavan on Aundh Road on Friday last.
Hanumanta Yallappa More (45), Parshuram Hanumanta More (22), Amol Shivaji Jadhav (20), Kisan Rayappa More (20), Shivaji Hanumant Jadhav (35), Vijay Laxman Chowgule (30) and Bahiru Rayappa More (21) were arrested by the Chatuhshrungi police for alleged involvement in the sandalwood theft at Raj Bhavan.