Nanded police personnel in action
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar : Nanded police have registered 60 cases against 130 people and seized assets worth over Rs 30 crore during Oct’s crackdown on illegal sand mining and transportation, with the biggest push carried out from Oct 11 to 17 against the district’s sand mafia. The special drive, carried out between Oct 11 and 17, saw over 150 police personnel participate under the supervision of superintendent of police Neelabh Rohan and collector Rahul Kardile. During the operation, police destroyed over 60 boats and engines allegedly used for illegal sand extraction from riverbeds by using gelatin sticks. Police records show that Oct’s seizures included over 40 boats, 22 engines, 208 rafts, besides trucks, tippers, tempos and earthmoving machinery allegedly used in illegal mining and transport. Nanded Rural police station accounted for the highest number of cases at 25, followed by Mudkhed (13) and Vimantal (6). In one of the largest individual actions, Mudkhed police seized property worth Rs 4.13 crore in a case registered on Oct 9.
Special boats were deployed to reach inaccessible river stretches, where the action continued for nearly a week. Itwara and Udyannagar registered three cases each, while Limbgaon and Naigaon recorded two each. Barad, Kandhar, Islapur, Sonkhed, Vajirabad and Bhokar police stations registered one case apiece. The seizure included six trucks and three JCB machines allegedly used for illegal sand mining and transportation.