CURATED BY – SUNIL YADAV | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Katni, Chief Minister and Director General of Police have been directed to take strict action against those transporting illegal minerals/sand. In compliance with the above instructions, Abhijeet Kumar Ranjan has formed a team of police and mining department under his leadership and directed to take strict action by conducting surprise checking in different police station areas of the district in the middle of the night. Police and mining team constituted under the leadership of sub inspector Naveen Namdev, station in-charge Rangnathnagar and Pawan Kushwaha and Kamal Paraste assistant mining officer Katni conducted surprise checking in Chaka Kuthla, Vijayraghavgarh and Barhi police station area and highway road. During checking, about 80-90 vehicles passing through the road and standing on the side of the road were checked. During surprise checking, illegal mineral transport and 06 highway truck vehicles overloaded more than required were caught, out of which four vehicles were carrying sand, 01 vehicle was carrying gravel, 01 vehicle was carrying bauxite. After seizure action on the spot, 02 Hiva trucks have been parked at police station Vijayraghavgarh, 03 Hiva trucks at police station Barhi and 01 Hiva truck at police station Kuthla for security. Similarly, a surprise checking was done on the highway road of Kuthla-Juhla area and Badwara area by the police and mining team constituted under the leadership of sub-inspector Mahendra Jaiswal outpost in-charge Jhinjhari and mining inspector Ashok Mishra. During the checking, vehicles passing through the road and about 45-50 vehicles parked on the side of the road were checked. During the surprise checking, 03 dumper vehicles were found to be overloaded with sand much more than their capacity. Due to this, 02 vehicles were seized on the spot and parked for safety at Kuthla police station and 01 vehicle was parked for safety at Badwara police station. Thus, under the leadership of Superintendent of Police Abhijeet Kumar Ranjan, strict action was taken by confiscating 09 truck highway vehicles found to be transporting overloaded and illegal minerals.