A tractor loaded with quarried riverbeds materials hit the vehicle of sub-inspector in Vikasnagar area who somehow managed to save his life. He was on duty patrolling at the illegal mining-prone areas under his jurisdiction.
Vikasnagar Circle Officer Swapan Kumar said that the Sub-Inspector Rajendra Kumar and a constable were on duty patrolling at the illegal mining prone areas of Yamuna river where they were attacked by the driver of a tractor coming from the opposite direction under Vikasnagar Police station on Saturday. The police somehow managed to save their life but the tractor driver succeeded in escaping from the scene.
A case under sections 323, 307, 279 and 427 of IPC was registered against the tractor driver and vehicle owner in the Vikasnagar police station. Police teams have been formed and they have been deployed at various places to nab the accused, he added. CO Kumar further said that police seized three vehicles loaded with illegally quarried riverbed materials on Sunday and FIR was lodged against vehicle drivers and owners in the police station. He further said that the police officers are being deployed to stop illegal mining activities in Vikasnagar.
Several teams of beat police comprising one sub-inspector and a constable each have been formed and they are deployed to conduct drive against illegal mining activities in their respective jurisdiction. In the last five months, as many as 21 vehicles loaded with illegally quarried riverbed materials were seized and 250 challans were issued on illegal mining operators caught indulging in such activities by the police during beat policing or raids in the illegal mining prone areas of Vikasnagar. Drive against illegal mining activities will continue in the riverbed areas of Vikasnagar, he added.