One range officer and five guards of forest department sustained serious injuries on Sunday when some timber smugglers ran their vehicle over them in Shungli Bandy area of Teshil Oghi, Mansehra district. The forest department had deployed a team on Jabor Road near Shingle Bandy forest to restrict illegal cutting. According to police, the forest department team signaled a suspected vehicle to stop, but the driver of the vehicle laden with timber did not stop and ran it over the forest team. As a result Range Officer Shah Hussain and five guards including Abdul Razzaq, Jan Muhammad, Muhammad Yousaf, Muhammad Yasir and Muhammad Nazir were injured seriously. They were rushed to Civil Hospital, Oghi. Oghi police reached the scene soon after the incident but timber smugglers managed to escape. Police have registered an FIR against Muhammad Jahangir, Muhammad Altaf, Muhammad Furqan and driver of the timber smuggler