Bid to run over mining officials in Fazilka

Our Correspondent

Updated At : 11:51 AM Apr 18, 2022 IST

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Take your experience further with Premium access. Thought-provoking Opinions, Expert Analysis, In-depth Insights and other Member Only Benefits

Yearly Premium ₹999 ₹349/Year

Yearly Premium $49 $24.99/Year

Fazilka, April 17

The SDO (Mining) Fazilka-led team had a narrow escape as a speeding tractor-trailer, which was allegedly engaged in illegal sand mining, tried to run it over near Muthianwali village on Friday night.

SDO (Mining) Vivek Makkar said acting on a tip-off that some persons were involved in excavation of sand from abandoned Sabuana drain, the department laid a trap. Makkar said when the team reached near the site, unidentified persons tried to flee the spot. However, when the team members tried to block the suspects’ way, Makkar said, they tried to escape on a speeding tractor-trailer, which headed straight towards them on the single link road, forcing them to run helter-skelter to prevent from being crushed. The police reached the spot. However, no suspect has either been identified or arrested so far.

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Designed and developed by : SORTD

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Suggested Articles