Taking strong note on the ongoing illegal mining Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday suspended four police station in-charges and two mining inspectors with ordering departmental enquiry against them in two districts of Gonda and Mau.
The CM has also warned District Magistrates and Police Superintendents of both Gonda and Mau districts besides ordered departmental probe against three Additional DMs and three police circle officers.
State government spokesperson said on Sunday that Chief Minister has warned DM J B Singh and SP Umesh Kumar Singh of Gonda and DM Rishindra Kumar and SP lalit Kumar Singh of Mau for not controlling illegal mining in their respective districts.
“This has been the commitment of this government to take action against those who failed to redress people’s grievances. We are committed to stop illegal mining. If police officers and subordinates do not stop illegal mining action would be taken against them. And today we have initiated such action,” Yogi said in written statement.
The CM has ordered departmental probe against ADM Nanhe lal and Circle officer Krishna Chandra Singh of Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda and ADM Amresh Maurya and Circle officer Brahma Singh of Tarabganj tehsil also of Gonda district.
ADM Dr Rajesh Kumar and circle officer Rajkumar of Sadar tehsil of Mau district too will have to face departmental probe.
The government has suspended Sadanand, in charge of Colonelganj police station on Gonda, Manoj Rai in charge of Umri Begumganj police station in Gonda, Ved Prakash Srivastava, in charge of Nababganj police station also of Gonda besides Sunil Chandra Tiwari, in charge of Sarai Khalansi police station in Mau district.
The mining inspectors Vashist Yadav of Mau and Jitendra Singh of Gonda too were put under suspension.
Earlier in August the government has suspended three officers for illegal mining in Mirzapur district. The suspended officers include a Stenographer, a SDM and a police officer. The circle officer was warned and was asked to improve patrolling of the area.