A special investigation team (SIT) will be constituted to investigate the death of a constable while preventing illegal transport of minerals in Morena district. The SIT will complete investigation within 15 days. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here on Monday. Home Minister Babulal Gaur and Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa were also present at the meeting.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government stands by the family of the deceased police personnel. His family will be given salary of his entire service period. The bereaved family will be provided ex gratia of Rs10 lakh and Rs1 lakh from Shaheed Fund. Arrangements for free education of his children will also be made. The Chief Minister also said that talks will be held with the family members of the deceased police personnel and if his wife wishes so she would also be given a Government job on compassionate ground.
The 40-year old head constable, Dharmendra Chouhan, posted at Noorabad police station, was mowed down allegedly by a sand mafia truck when he tried to stop the dumper carrying illegally mined sand from Chambal river near a village in Morena district in the wee hours on Sunday.
A case under Section 304 of the IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) was filed against the dumper driver, who fled from the spot after the incident. The Madhya Pradesh High Court had banned sand mining in the river five years ago in response to a PIl, observing that it posed threat to gharials who lay eggs in the sand.
In March 2012, IPS officer Narendra Kumar was mowed down by a tractor allegedly owned by sand mafia in Morena district. A CBI probe was later conducted into the killing and the accused, Manoj Gurjar, was arrested. He was later awarded a 10-year jail term.