Shajapur: A woman inspector has allegedly been attacked by the sand mafia in the Shajapur area of Madhya Pradesh. The woman inspector had gone to inspect the area based on a complaint made on the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's anti corruption helpline.
Smugglers attacked the officials who were inspecting illegal excavation of sand from Nevaj river near Banka Khedi village in the Shajapur district. The team led by mining inspector Reena Pathak found five tractor-trolleys which were excavating sand from the riverbed. The miscreants pelted stones on them and attacked them with laathis.
Home guards Manohar Rathore, Badrilal and Radheshyam were injured. They were admitted to a hospital at Akodia town. A case was filed against 21 people but nobody had been arrested yet, Pathak said.
Sand smugglers also attacked three 'patwaris' (revenue officials) last night near village Nerukhedi. Acting on a tip-off, Jaora sub-divisional magistrate Satish Kumar had asked the local tehsildar and patwaris to stop illegal mining of sand from Chambal river near Nerukhedi.
District patwari association chief Madanlal Kataria said that the men who were mining the sand hurled stones at the officials. Patwaris Nandkishore Pal, Dinesh Patidar and Ramchandra Ninama suffered injuries.
Pal, who was injured seriously, was taken to district hospital at Ratlam. The other two were taken to Jaora. After getting information about the attack, a police team from Ringnod reached the spot and seized five JCB machines and four tractor-trolleys. Superintendent of Police Avinash Sharma said a case was registered against nine men who were identified and a few unknown others for attempt to murder and other offences. No arrest had been made yet.
(With PTI inputs)
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