Illegal sand mining: 13 booked for trying to mow down officials in Ludhiana

Officials said he received information about the illegal sand mining operations in Tandimand, following which he, along with his team and police personnel, reached the spot

In an alarming incident, a person accused of carrying out illegal sand mining operations attempted to run over employees of the mining department who had arrived at the spot to shut down the operations in Tandimand village of Machhiwara.

Police booked 13 persons accused of illegal sand mining for trying to mow down officials in Ludhiana. (HT File)

The accused, Sunil Singh of Gaunsgarh of Machhiwara village, Pindi, Gurpreet Singh, Kulwinder Singh and Amrik Singh – residents of Tandimand village itself, late on Saturday night allegedly assaulted the officials before trying to mow them down with a tractor trolley.

The Machhiwara police lodged a case against the accused. Nine other aides of the accused named in the complaint are yet to be identified.

The FIR has been lodged following the statement of district mining officer Munish Batra who said he received information about the illegal mining operations in Tandimand, following which he, along with his team and police personnel, reached the spot.

He alleged that upon objecting opened an attack on them. The accused also tried to run them over with a tractor trolley. The accused later fled from the spot, leaving the tractor-trolley and a bike behind.

A hunt is on for the accused’s arrest.