A constable of UP police was allegedly crushed to death by those involved in illegal mining in Kheragarh area of Agra district early on Sunday, police said.
”A constable Sonu Chaudhary, 25, was deployed at Saiyyan police station. Police got information about the movement of those involved in illegal mining of sand coming from Rajasthan and a police team subsequently began checking Kheragarh and Saiyyan road but could not find any of them,” said Rohan Pramod Botre, SP (city), Agra, who is officiating as SSP Agra since the incumbent is down with Covid-19.
”The police, while returning from the search, found half-a-dozen tractors laden with mined sand. Constable Sonu Chaudhary got off the police vehicle and waved to one of the tractor drivers to stop. However, the tractor driver did not stop and crushed Chaudhary to death,” the SP city added.
After committing the crime, the tractor driver fled the scene while firing in the air and leaving his vehicle behind. ”We have registered a case of murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code against the unidentified accused and his aides and a search is on to trace and arrest them,” the officer said.
The constable, who hailed from Jattari in Aligarh district, had joined the police force in 2018, said Botre, and added that the family of the deceased had been informed of the incident.
Botre added that the sand mafia from Dholpur transports illegally mined sand from Chambal to Bharatpur and to some other parts of Uttar Pradesh. On a tip off, barricading was done by Saiyan and Kheragarh police station to nab them.
{{/usCountry}}Botre added that the sand mafia from Dholpur transports illegally mined sand from Chambal to Bharatpur and to some other parts of Uttar Pradesh. On a tip off, barricading was done by Saiyan and Kheragarh police station to nab them.
{{/usCountry}}Botre said an injured Chaudhary was rushed to a hospital in Agra, where doctors declared him dead.
After the incident, the UP and Rajasthan police teams raided some parts of Dholpur districts to arrest the culprits involved.
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Earlier, in September, the mafia tried to mow down the SHO of Rupwas police station, when he tried to stop the tractor trolleys carrying illegal sand. The unidentified miscreants had also opened fire on the SHO.
Similarly, 27 loaded trucks carrying stones from illegal mines from Banshi Pahadpur under police station Rudawal were seized during a joint operation of police, forest and revenue department and administration on September 7.
On September 3, the sand mafia attacked cops that were following them and opened fire on police at Uncha Nagla on Agra-Jaipur national highway-21.