New Delhi:As a fall-out of the tree cutting incident in Vasant Kunj’s block C-6 on Saturday, the forest department filed an FIR with the Vasant Kunj (North) police station against the president of the colony resident welfare association. The accused was arrested and released on bail.

As per FIR number 93/13, the forest department has named RWA president and some other residents of the area for cutting down 113 trees in a DDA park near Gate No. 7 of the block. The trees that were cut included a peepal, a keekar and 111 sobul trees. Forest officials said that more than 20 residents of the block had specifically complained against the RWA president and some others in the matter and one of them independently registered a police complaint.