The incident occurred near the Madagan area under Lateri police station limits in the district. A video of the incident has also gone viral on social media. In the viral video, a person could be seen trying to attack the team.
On Saturday morning, the team reached Ghaghrala forests of Nepanagar which is 25 kilometres away from the district headquarters, to remove the encroachers.
The incident occurred on Wednesday night in which eight forest employees, including forest ranger Prayag Gupta and forest guard K K Burman sustained injuries. All the injured were admitted to Burhanpur district hospital after first aid.