Vehicles with fake Army stickers seized
Fazilka, October 7
With members of the illegal mining mafia feeling the heat, they are now resorting to using fake Army stickers on vehicles to deceive the authorities and police.
Two vehicles bearing fake ‘on Army duty’ stickers were impounded recently by the authorities, but the accused fled the scene. A police patrol team at Asafwala said the Army intelligence informed them that a JCB machine and a tractor-trailer bearing fake Army stickers were being used for illegal sand mining. The suspect was identified as Raj Kumar of Beganwali village. A case under Section 21 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957, and Sections 379 and 420 of the IPC had been filed. Another case was filed at the Jalalabad police station against unidentified persons who fled after leaving behind a tractor-trailer laden with sand near Dhani Phoola Singh village. — OC
