On the direction of Hazaribag Deputy Commissioner Aditya Kumar Anand, the district task force raided two spots of illegal stone mining in Ichak block of the district. While the miners fled, the task force recovered a huge cache of explosive and other tools of mining from there. The task force has lodged an FIR against the owner in the Ichak police station of the district.
The villagers living near the mining spots had earlier lodged complaints against the illegal miners. They said in their complaint that due to stone mining the ashes of stone reached the villages which is hazardous to the health of villagers. There are some villagers who are suffering with TB and other health complications.
The deputy commissioner directed the district task force to conduct the raids on illegal stone mining at Saadam and Tepsa. The team under the leadership of sadar sub divisional officer Vidhya Bhusan Kumar along with other officers had raided both the spots.
During the raid the team seized 65 pieces of gelatin explosive sticks, bundle of wires, power cell, explosive ammonium nitrate, drill machine, tractor and other tools of mining from there.