Jharsuguda Sub -Collector Siba Shankar Toppo and his team busted a big racket of sand mafias on Sunday following a raid conducted on sand loaded trucks at different places of Jharsuguda.
During the raid, one sand loaded truck bearing No. OD 15H 5977 was detained in front of Jharsuguda Engineering College on NH 49. Necessary papers were checked by Toppo assisted by Jharsuguda SDPO Kailas Chandra Acharya and other officials.
A transit pass was shown to the officers by driver Sudam Lugun issued in the name of vehicle owner Ratan Sanghai for sand lifting on June 8 from Abankela sand ghat of Sundargarh.
During verification, it was suspected that the document has been forged using magic pen to lift hundreds of sand trucks on one transit pass to cheat lakhs of rupees as Government revenue.
The fact was also admitted by the driver and vehicle owner. This is a serious crime
by sand mafias to cheat Government by forging official documents.
Based on written complaint by Sub-collector Toppo in Jharsuguda police station, a case was filed against defaulters under Sections 467, 468,471,420 and 34 of CrPC.