A sandalwood tree on the S.J.P College campus was stolen on Thursday. Principal Sadashiva Murthy filed a complaint with the Vidhana Soudha police on Saturday.
According to Mr. Murthy, the tree was situated near the high-tech centre on the campus. The college has security staff despite which the accused had chopped the tree and carried it off in a vehicle.
The Vidhana Soudha police have taken up a case under theft and also under the Karnataka Forest Act and efforts are on to track down the accused.