A partner of an Himalayan stone crusher was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his room on Sunday morning. His body was sent for autopsy at the district hospital.
The incident took place at Himalayan stone crusher around 10 am located at Buggawala village in Haridwar district. A country made revolver was also recovered from the room. On Sunday morning, when the other six workers who stayed in the crusher premises went to wake up Chandra Shekhar in his room they found him dead.
The deceased has been identified as Chandra Shekhar Bhatt resident of Hathi Khal, Haldwani in Nanital district.
According to the police Chandra Shekar was the partner of Satish Sahgal and RamKumar Gupta in Himalyan stone crusher. Shekhar was also care taker and used to stay at Buggawala while his family members lived in Haldwani. He had returned from Haldwani a few days ago.
Speaking to The Pioneer, SHO Buggawala Bhagwan Mehar said, “Around 10 am, we received information about the incident from a worker of stone crusher. We reached the spot and found his body lying in the pool of blood. The bullet had pierced through the left side of his chest. It is very difficult to say that whether it is murder or a case of suicide."
The forensic and special operation teams are also investigating the case added the SHO. When asked, SSP Haridwar said, "We are investigating the case from all angles and other workers of the stone crushers and the partners would be interrogated ."
Mention worthy this is not the first case when a person linked to the mining has died under mysterious circumstances. last year too murder case of Monty under laksar Thana was related to the mining. Monty had been shot dead at Balawali Terrain,seven accused were arrested. Incidents of firing between different groups of mining mafia are common in Haridwar. Illegal mining activities are slowly turning into the bloody battle field. Around 45 stone crushers are currently running in district out of which 25 stone crushers are located near the bank of river Ganga activities where illegal quarrying is rampant.