The Bokaro police conducted raids within the Nawadih police station jurisdiction and recovered 50 tonnes of illegal coal. Five tractors loaded with illegal coal were seized during the police action and four persons were arrested. It has been one of the biggest ever seizures of illegal coal made by the Bokaro police following direct orders from the superintendent of police Kuldip Deiwedi.
From Tuesday late in the night till early Wednesday morning, a police team led by the circle inspector of Bermo along with officer-in charge, Bokaro thermal, Nawadih and Gandhi Nagar police station -Rajkumar Yadav, Deepak Kumar and Manoj Kumar Tiwari, raided Kanjkiro and pilpillo forest area under the Nawadih police station. According to police sources, when the police team reached at the pilpillo area, five tractors without number plate load with the stolen coal around 50 tonnes were seized .The police also arrested three members of coal smuggler namely Khusi Yadav, Maqbul Ansari and Ghanshyam Yadav.
According to reports about 100 illegal coal mines are running in Nawadih block. According to rough estimate, the CCl loses about 30,000 tonnes of coal due to the illegal mining and theft despite having a of security personnel including CISF to prevent such activities. Sources said coal is carted on bicycle and tractors and dumped in the Kanjkiro, Pilpillo, Siyari, Pannk and Nayabasti etc.