Bahawalpur: Thirteen people were booked for chopping trees from a forest near Chani Goth.
Police said on Sunday that some people were chopping trees from a forest to steal the timber near Chani Goth when guards of the Forest Department Bahawalpur asked them to stop cutting trees.
In a bid to put resistance, the suspects opened fire to threaten the guards.
On the report of forest guards, the police have registered a case against 13 suspects. Police were raiding to arrest the accused.