CURATED BY – Mohd. Muneer | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Shahdol, Byahari area has become an illegal stronghold of mineral mafias. First Patwari Prashna Singh who went to take action on illegal sand mining by mineral mafias was crushed to death by a tractor, then an ASI Mahendra Singh Bagri and now when journalist Laxmikant Chaturvedi wrote a news, Budwa resident Rahul Singh Bais abused him over phone and threatened to kill him, on which Byahari police has registered a case against Rahul Bais and investigation is being done. It is being told that mineral mafias have the protection of white collar leaders of the ruling party due to which their morale is high and they do not hesitate in causing incidents. Police registered a case on the complaint

Local journalist Laxmikant Chaturvedi gave a written application to the Byohari police station on 22/05/2024 that news has been published about illegal excavation of sand, gravel and stone in the Byohari area. After the news was published, many Hiva and JCB were caught, regarding this, Rahul Singh Bais, a resident of Budwa, called and abused him and threatened to kill him. On asking for his name, he did not tell his name and said that the rivers belong to your father, come to the river, I will make you my Sat Saiyya next to Patwari Prashna Singh, on which Byohari police found threatening the journalist and a case has been registered against Rahul Singh Bais under crime number 0314/2024 section 294, 506 and 507 and taken into investigation.