Decorated forest officer crushed by mining mafia in Rajasthan

…for around two years. “We will send a proposal to the government to give him the status of a martyr,” he said. Terming Chundawat’s death as “extremely heartbreaking” Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra said, “ This is not merely the murder of an officer; it is an open challenge to the law-and-order system in Rajasthan. The question is, how has the mining mafia in the state become so fearless that it no longer fears even taking the lives of government officials? ” On the eve of World Environment Day on June 5, Chundawat was honoured in Jaipur by Rajasthan Environment and Energy Conservation Centre for “outstanding contributions to forest and wildlife conservation”. He was…