Two forest department officials — a Round Forester Abhimanyu Jadhav and Forest Guard Sagar Irole were taken hostage for more than two hours by Saibangoda villagers — a tribal hamlet near Vihar Lake close to Aarey Milk Colony at around 10 pm on Monday night. A forest department vehicle was also vandalised.

D J Singh, assistant conservator of Forest said, "On Monday night our team of five started night patrolling in the area near Vihar lake area close to Saibangoda. During the patrolling, they came across a few people drinking alcohol and cooking food. When the teams questioned them, the accused physically assaulted our staff."