Illegal mining: 25 dumpers, tractors seized
Dehradun: Acting on a tip-off about rampant illegal mining activities along border areas of Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh inside the state and availability of dumpers and tractors of these states along the border areas with intent to lift the mines illegally from the Vikasnagar area during night, Illegal Mining Prevention Vigilance Unit chief executive officer DIG Sanjay Kumar Gunjyal conducted raids at various riverbed areas of Vikasnagar and seized 25 dumpers and tractors and handed them over to Selaqui and Jhajhra police posts on Thursday.
CITU CONDEMNS ATTACK ON DIEU lEADER
Dehradun: The Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) has strongly condemned the attack on leader of Defence Instrument Employees Union (DIEU), Dhyan Singh Mehra on the day of Vishwakarma Jayanti. Singh was allegedly attacked by a union leader B S Rawat who in an inebriated state hit Singh. The district Secretary of CITU lekhraj said that the incident should be strongly opposed by every trade unionist. He expressed shock at the incident and alleged that the doctors of the coronation hospital and police tried to hush up the matter. lekhraj appealed all trade unions shun violence and work towards the cause of labour cause.
two held for sexually assaulting minor girls
Dehradun: Dehradun police have arrested two persons, including a minor, who had allegedly sexually assaulted two minor girls of a family on Thursday, said CO SK Singh. Both the accused were from the same village and were absconding since the crime was committed.
To procure Aadhaar card, both the girls — aged around 15 years and 17 years respectively — had gone to a market in Vikasnagar along with their mother. Meeting the villagers, the mother asked them to go with them who were riding on bikes on September 8. They did not come home the same day but reached the next day. They later narrated that they had been sexually assaulted. Taking cognisance of this, a case under 376 of IPC and Protection of Children from Sexual offences (POCSO) Act was lodged against the accused in the Vikasnagar police station on September 10.