▁J h ark hand ▁– ▁are ▁vulner able ▁to ▁illegal ▁logging ▁by ▁tim ber ▁ma f ias ▁that ▁have ▁co opt ed ▁or ▁int im id ated ▁forest ry ▁officials , ▁local ▁polit icians , ▁business es ▁and ▁citiz en ry . ▁ ▁Cont ractor ▁ma f ias ▁ ▁Many ▁state - fund ed ▁construction ▁activities ▁in ▁India , ▁such ▁as ▁road ▁building , ▁are ▁domin ated ▁by ▁construction ▁ma f ias , ▁which ▁are ▁group ings ▁of ▁cor rupt ▁public ▁works ▁officials , ▁materials ▁supp liers , ▁polit icians ▁and ▁construction ▁contract ors . ▁Sh od dy ▁construction ▁and ▁material ▁substitution ▁( e . g ., ▁mixing ▁sand ▁in ▁c ement ▁while ▁subm itting ▁exp enses ▁for ▁c ement ) ▁result ▁in ▁roads ▁and ▁high ways ▁being ▁dangerous ▁and ▁sometimes ▁simply ▁was hed ▁away ▁when ▁India ' s ▁heavy ▁mon so on ▁season ▁arriv es . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁widely ▁covered ▁case , ▁S aty endra ▁Dub ey , ▁a ▁project ▁director ▁with ▁the ▁National ▁High ways ▁Author ity ▁of ▁India , ▁was ▁murder ed ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁alleg edly ▁because ▁he ▁had ▁written ▁a ▁letter ▁expos ing ▁deep - se ated ▁contract or ▁ma f ia ▁invol vement ▁in ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁a ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁pr estig ious ▁Golden ▁Qu ad ril ater al ▁project ▁to ▁the ▁prime ▁minister ' s ▁office . ▁Although ▁a ▁C BI ▁investig ative ▁report ▁after ▁the ▁assass ination ▁stated ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁contract or ▁ma f ia ▁invol vement