Gang involved in illegal sand mining busted in Tarn Taran

The police and officials of the Mining Department in a joint operation busted a gang involved in illegal mining from Sutlej river in the border area Jhugian Peeer Bakhash village on Tuesday night.

The police impounded one poclain machine and four tipper trucks from the site. Yugraj Singh, Junior Engineer, Mining, Patti sub-division, said a team of the Mining Department and a police party led by ASI Gurmit Singh, in-charge of the Toot police post, checked the area of pit at Jungian Peer Bakhash village near the Sutlej river. The police found a poclain machine and four tipper trucks parked out of the area allotted area of the pit.

Residents of the village alleged that illegal mining had made their normal life a miserable as the movement of tipper trucks broke link roads of villages and disturbed them at night. Inspector Gurcharan Singh, SHO, Patti Sadar police station, neither responded calls on his mobile phone nor messages sent on his WhatsApp number.

The Patti Sadar police have registered a case under Sections 303 (2) and 61of the BNS and Sections under 21(1), 21 (4) and 4 (1) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act in this connection.