On the direction of Deputy Commissioner of Hazaribag the mining department and district police have taken strict action against illegal stone crushers and the persons who are involved in the trading of stone chips in the market. The department has also taken action against illegal sand lifting and trading.
According to the mining inspector, Rahul Kumar the department officials are regularly getting information that after the strict action by the mining task force, some of the stone crushers are still running in the adjacent areas of the town.
He further said that after getting the police department cooperation and assurance to provide the sufficient number of police force will be available during the raid.
On Sunday night the mining department made the plan to raid stone crushing units which are running in the night. The mining department with police force reached a stone crushing unit which was operational. The team stopped the work and seized all items which are generally used in the crushing in Sadam (Tepsa) of Ichak block of Hazaribag district.
The team arrested five persons from there. The names of arrested persons are Raj Kishore Mehta, Lakhan Mehta, Naresh Kumar Mehta, Shankar Mehta and driver Shiv Vachan Sing. All are residents of Ichak block of Hazaribag.
The mining department has given a written complaint to the Ichak police station. The police station has registered a case in the police station and sent them to jail.
The mining department along with force also raided the spot of sand lifting and transporting. The team seized three tractors full of sand from there. The people escaped from there. In this concern a separate case has been registered by the mining department.