Publish Date: | Thu, 03 Mar 2022 05:56 PM (IST)
Illegal excavation was happening in the notified area of Sonchiriya Sanctuary located in Tighara area.
Forest department will reach the kingpin from the accused
Gwalior Sonchiriya Sanctuary: Gwalior.Naiduniya Rep. The accused have been caught red handed for the first time while illegally excavating stone in the notified area of Sonchiriya Sanctuary. The forest department team has taken this action in the sanctuary area falling in the Tighara area. Six accused were arrested from the spot, who were excavating the stone stone. The excavated material has also been confiscated. The Forest Department has registered a case in this matter under the notified area, while the evidence has also been included. Till now the excavation of stone was caught in the sanctuary area, but the accused used to run away before reaching the forest department.
DFO Brijendra Srivastava said that the area of Sonchiriya Sanctuary extends till Tighra. Information about illegal quarrying was received in the same area of Tighara and the forest department team went to the spot and took action. Here the work of illegal mining was being done by the working class people, who were sent only for illegal mining in a planned manner. When six people were arrested from the spot and interrogated, they told that they had come to do wages. Now the forest department will find out from these people who sent it and who is the mastermind of this excavation. It has also been reported that some people living in the surrounding villages also carry out illegal mining.
Failure was always found: Illegal mining of stone takes place in Son Chiraya Sanctuary. But when the Forest Department went to take action against the illegal mining mafia, they would run away. In only a few cases, the department was successful. But this time in action, the department has succeeded in catching six accused.
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