Crime branch Bhopal has raided a factory involved in selling cement of renowned brands mixed with dust obtained from stone crushers and recovered cement bags from Arvalia village on Saturday.
Three persons have been nabbed and a van used in transportation, weighing machine and hundreds of empty cement bags seized.
Police have seized cement worth Rs 10 lakh from the spot which was used to mix cement and dust and making the cement bags fraudulently.
The accused used to mix dust with cement and would again pack the cement bags of renowned companies.
As the cement bags were of good brands, user never doubted and after receiving information of mixing the cement the spot was raided and several cement bags were seized.
The main accused identified as Qadeer went missing while his aide Imran, Shyam Giri and Chain Singh were nabbed.
Another accused nabbed was Vinay Singh Ahirwar is Sarpanch of Khajuri Ratataal village and it was used in construction of road and drains. Police found that several houses have been rented earlier and location used to change for evading suspicion in the past two years.
Branded cements Ultratech and ACC cement were bought and later sold or used by the accused by mixing dust.
Ahirwar is likely to shed more details in the further investigation.
Machines used to crush solidified cement, filtering of dust, packing of
cement bags and weighing machine were seized. Teh cement bags were mixed with dust and the weight was made the same of the original bags.