More than 15 tonnes of illegal coal have been seized by the police here on Monday afternoon. The operation was conducted on the directives of Bokaro Superintendent of Police YS Ramresh to check illegal coal business — including, buying and stocking — in various parts within the jurisdictions of Bokaro thermal police station.
Coal smugglers were totally taken in by surprise on Monday afternoon, when the Inspector-cum-Officer-in charge, Rajesh Kujur along with other forces launched a sudden raid on Jarandih railway siding . Some feel that the coal smugglers had already got wing of the impending raid.
Seeing the police party led by O/C Rajesh Kujur, the smugglers beat a hasty retreat, nearly 15 tonnes of steam coal was recovered from the intensive operation and handed over to CCl .
However, past one month the police could recover huge quantities of illegal coal from different parts of Bermo .while the Police sources said coal is carted on bicycle and others communication and dumped in the Jarandih residential colony from where it is transported to other destinations.
With the sudden raids panic seems to have spread among some of the illegal traders in the locality. The Bokaro superintendent of Police Y.S. Ramesh said he conveyed to all the officer-in –charges of all police stations of the Bokaro that he will not allow illegal mining and his movement against illegal mining of coal in Bokaro will continue unabated.