CURATED BY – MOHMMAD MUNEER | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Shahdol, whether it is sand mafia or land mafia in the district, the mafias are getting support due to the district administration's evasive action and due to which the law and order of the district is falling apart today, whereas this is the same district where not even a year has passed and two government officers have been murdered, despite this the police could not create the fear of law on the criminals and mafias, now they are spreading terror in the district by forming syndicate gangs, the situation is such that now even people are saying that all this black business is going on with the connivance of the police. Now the sand mafia attacked the brother-in-law of Byauhari MLA and beat him brutally, then what about the common people, recently 4-5 people including land mafia Subham, Abhishek pointed rifle at the senior journalist of the district so that he writes news about the mafia. This incident is also just a few minutes away from the police station but the accused roam around openly and commit the crime. If the police administration does not wake up in time, then the mafia will kill who knows who in the district headquarters itself, calling it a bloody game.
Case Number 1
On Thursday, once again a bloody game was played in the district under Devlaund police station area. This time the mafia has beaten up the employees of sand contractor M/s Sahakar Global Company in Sukhad village. A check post has been made by the sand company in Sukhad village, where 30-35 miscreants arrived in several vehicles and started forcibly demanding weekly payments from the company employees. When the sand company employees refused to pay, they vandalized the check post and also vandalized the company vehicles. When the employees protested against this, the miscreants fled after beating the contract company employees in a well-planned manner till they were half dead. The police was informed of the matter; after getting the information, the station in-charge reached the site with his team. Vipul, GM of the sand contract company, has filed a named complaint against the attackers at Devlod police station. These include Pranjal Vaish resident Budhwa, Vivek Vaish resident Budhwa, Pradeep Vaish resident Budhwa, Neeraj Dwivedi resident Budhwa, Neeraj Kuku, Vikku alias Ankur resident Satni, Chhotu Singh resident Satni, Pintu Singh resident Satni, Awaresh Singh Gaharwar, Birjendra Vaish, Rishu Singh, Mrigendra Singh along with about 30 other people who are residents of Budhwa and Satni.

Among the injured are Mahendra Singh Jadoun father Narendra Singh of M/s Sahakar Global Company, Jitendra Singh Rajawat father Buddhsen, Jitendra Kumar Mishra father Ram Muni Mishra, Ravindra Tiwari father Ram Kripal Tiwari, Sachin Singh father Bhupendra Singh who have been admitted to the Medical College.

Case number 2
MLA's brother-in-law beaten up.....

A case of the regional MLA's brother-in-law being beaten up by sand mafia has come to light in Byohari police station area. After the incident, the victim lodged a complaint in the Byohari police station. After this incident, it is also coming to light that this illegal business is going on in the Byohari police station area with the connivance of the police. According to the information received in this regard, Pradeep Kol, father Baijnath Kol, 28 years, Raspur police station Byohari, brother-in-law of the regional MLA Sharad Kol, injured in the attack, has two reasons for the dispute in the case, in which the dispute arose regarding the road, while most of the people say that other villagers with them told the accused Yogesh Chaturvedi, Pawan Singh, Mukesh Chaturvedi, Satyam Chaturvedi sand mafia that they take vehicles loaded with sand from our village day and night, due to which the road of our village is getting damaged. Regarding this, the sand mafia took out guns to attack the villagers. Seeing this, many villagers ran away, while the MLA's brother-in-law Pradeep was caught by the mafia and beaten up fiercely. Due to which Pradeep has been seriously injured and has been brought to the hospital for treatment. After the incident, the police have registered a case against the four accused under various sections and arrested them.

Case number 3

Sand mafia misbehaved with the Sarpanch....

Sand was being illegally extracted from Kalyanpur Koyalari Mudna river in Kotwali police station area in broad daylight, which was opposed by the village Sarpanch Kamleshwari Dhurve, then the people extracting sand misbehaved with the Sarpanch. The video of which is also going viral on social media now, the Sarpanch stopped the mafia from extracting illegal sand from the village river but the Sarpanch's words were not listened to, there was a fight over this and a heated argument took place. The Sarpanch has complained about the matter to the Kotwali police, the police is investigating the matter.

Case Number 4

The sand mafia had killed the Patwari
The terror of the mafia has increased so much in the district that they are not refraining from playing bloody games for the golden sand of Son. On 25 November last year, the sand mafia murdered 40-year-old Prasanna Singh, a Patwari of the Revenue Department, who had gone to see the mining at midnight on the verbal orders of the then Collector. Now 38-year-old Gunja Singh is the widow of the Patwari, today she is fighting for justice in the High Court. Recently, the High Court had reprimanded Ravi Prakash Coal SDOP in the case. But even today the SDOP has failed to control the mafia. It is worth noting that Prasanna Singh Baghel, the Patwari who went to stop illegal mining, was a retired soldier. He became a Patwari after retiring from the army in 2018. Since then, he was posted in Shahdol district. He was the only hope of his family. When Collector Vandana Vaidya and SP Kumar Pratik did not reach the spot in the first 24 hours, questions were raised on them too.

Case number 5

Inspector crushed by tractor...

In May this year, the mafia committed a big crime in the sand game. Illegal sand mining is being done in Baroli village of Byahari police station area. After getting information, some policemen reached the spot. There, Mahendra Bagri signaled to stop the tractor filled with sand, but the driver did not stop the tractor even after his request. The driver ran over Mahendra Bagri with the tractor-trolley filled with sand. Mahendra died on the spot due to being crushed and the driver ran away with the tractor after crushing him. In this case, the family got a relief amount of one crore from the CM but the ASI cannot return.

Response

Our employees were at the check post, first they asked for money and then fired. When we all gathered, suddenly 30-35 people attacked in 4 Bolero, two Scorpios of black and red color. 5 of our employees are in very serious condition and 6 are normally injured. We have complained about the mafia several times in the police station regarding illegal mining.

Vipul Dubey, GM, M/s Sahakar Global (Sand Contract Company, Shahdol)

Administrative response.....

Employees of the sand company have been injured in the incident, five people have been injured, some people are undergoing treatment in Shahdol. The complaint is being investigated. The miscreants will be arrested as soon as possible.

DK Dahiya, Police Station Incharge (Deolond Police Station, Shahdol)

There has been a dispute in Raspur village, due to the tractors passing through the road, potholes were formed, which people were protesting against, the accused beat up people over this issue. All the four accused have been arrested and further investigation is being done.

Arun Pandey, Police Station Incharge (Byohari Police Station, Shahdol)

Illegal transportation and mining is caught at our check post, angry with this, illegal sand traders have attacked, the injured employee is admitted in the medical college.

Prabhat Patta, Incharge Mining Officer (Shahdol)

There has been a complaint of vandalism and assault on the vehicles of the sand contract company, but there has been no firing or robbery in the case, the contractors are exaggerating, investigation is being done, two people have been arrested from among those who carried out the crime, further proceedings are going on.

Kumar Pratik, Superintendent of Police (Shahdol)