Continuing drive against illegal mining activities, Dehradun police have arrested a tractor driver who had loaded minerals illegally from river beds of Yamuna in Vikasnagar area on Tuesday. The accused tractor driver has been identified as liyakat, resident of Sahaspur. Tractor was also impounded under motor vehicle act.
A case under sections 379/411 and 4/21 of mining Act has been registered in Vikasnagar police station. The accused driver was sent to jail after being produced in the court, said Vikasnagar police station in-charge Shishupal Singh Negi, adding such drive would continue in his jurisdictional limit in the coming days too.