CURATED BY – MOHMMAD MUNEER | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Shahdol, the black business of golden sand in the tribal area is not stopping, the big stature of the mafia in the district can be gauged from the fact that the sand mafia here killed the Patwari and Assistant Sub Inspector by crushing them with a tractor, despite this illegal sand mining is still going on. Finally, now the police has taken action and proved that illegal sand is being taken out of the area.

Shahdol. Byawari police station has seized three tractors transporting illegally excavated sand last night and registered a case against 6 people, the police has arrested three tractor drivers and is searching for the vehicle owner. On the instructions of the Superintendent of Police, the police has carried out this action from the city last night. According to the information received, illegally mined sand from Jhapar river was being transported in three tractors. All the three tractors reached Byawari town to dump the sand. Last night, a special police team surrounded them and seized all the three tractors along with the sand. Police arrested three drivers from the spot. A total of six accused have been made in this case, which includes tractor drivers and vehicle owners.

On the instructions of Superintendent of Police Ram Ji Srivastava, the team of Police Station In-charge Byawari Arun Pandey has carried out this action. The police station in-charge said that action was taken last night on the information of an informer. Information was received from the informer that three tractors were coming to dump illegal sand in the town. Then the police surrounded the town, seized all the three tractors and arrested the drivers. The vehicle owners have also been made accused in this case. Crime has been registered against 6 people and action has been taken. In which a case has been registered under the Mineral Act and other sections.