Overview

• Police in Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai registered Crime No. 464/2025 after a complaint by villager Pramod Patel and arrested Imran Memon and Prakash Kosre, who were remanded to judicial custody.
• Investigators cited BNS Sections 298 and 238 and invoked the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, with officers describing ongoing recovery efforts for the discarded cutting machine and a seized scooter.
• Police said Memon admitted planning the removal to clear or access land near his recent purchase after an earlier daytime attempt drew opposition from villagers, leading to the tree being cut at night on October 5.
• The woman’s grief drew nationwide attention as the video spread on social media and was shared by Union Minister Kiren Rijiju.
• Villagers held rituals at the site, planted a new Peepal sapling, and, in the latest show of support, brought her additional saplings that she planted with the local MLA.