Chandigarh, April 14: In order to eliminate illegal mining in the State, all-outefforts are being made by the government to check such mining activities asimmediate cognizance is taken by the Police and Mining Department jointly.
RN Dhoke, ED Mining, Punjab had directed Khanna Police toarrest the remaining accused involved in illegal sand mining case registered atPS Machhiwara Sahib in the last week. He had also directed to study the extentof illegal mining done in Rahon area through XEN Mining, SBS Nagar.
A known criminal, Gurinder Singh alias Ginda was arrested byKhanna Police on 09.04.2021 as he was found to be involved in illegal sandmining in Rahon area of Nawanshahr. His accomplice Karanvir Singh has also beenarrested by Khanna Police today.
During the course of investigation, it has been revealed bythe accused persons that Raju Gujjar r/o Ratnana, Dharamjit Singh r/oShamshpur, Dalvir Singh @ Bittu r/o Barsea and Pawan Singh r/o Bharta werecarrying out illegal sand mining in the river bed of Sutlej in Rahon area nearvillages Shamshpur and Hadiwal.
The joint team led by Gurtej Singh Garcha, XEN-cum-DistrictMining Officer, SBS Nagar and Jaswinder Singh, DSP Samrala visited the affectedmining area yesterday and carried out drone photography to know the extent ofillegal mining in Shamshpur and Hadiwal.
The report submitted by XEN Mining will become a part ofinvestigation file. SSP Khanna has been directed to expedite the investigationof the case and put up challan in the court on priority, said RN Dhoke, EDMining.
In order to curb illegal mining in the State, the strictinstructions have already been issued to the officials of the districtsconcerned by ED Mining.