Guwahati, Aug. 6 -- Two more Assam Police commando battalion camps were allegedly built inside the state's reserve forests without permission from the Union Environment Ministry.

This comes as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) have already initiated legal action against a senior forest official for similar violations.

Sources said the 3rd Police Commando Battalion camp was constructed at Daldali Reserve Forest in Karbi Anglong district along Assam Nagaland border, while the 5th battalion camp was set up inside Pabhoi Reserve Forest in Biswanath district.

According to sources privy to the matter, both of these projects were undertaken without the mandatory clearance f...