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Five Arrested During Extraction of Sand in Anantnag Kashmir

Sheikh Nadeem

Five persons were arrested and their vehicles seized during extraction in Anantnag’s Dooru area on Sunday.

An official said that Dysp Dooru, Ishant Gupta along with Station house officer Syed Nazir Andrabi launched a drive to enforce the ban on illegal material extraction from Brengi Nallah in Anantnag district.

After specific inputs of illegal extraction in Zaldoora area of Dooru area raid was conducted under the supervision of Ishant Gupta During the raid 3 JCB’s 1 dumper and a tractor loaded with illegally extracted boulders were seized. These vehicles were carrying material extracted from Nallah Brengi, and other streams of the district.

Police claimed they have arrested the accused persons involved in extraction namely Sarvar Hussain Ganie, R/O:- Rakhi Shilna Tangan, Masroof Wani, Levdoora, Mushtaq Bhat, Resident of Gund Fatehpora and Mohammed Altaf Nanda of Ganie Nanda bonthno.
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In this regard, FIR has been registered under section IPC 18/21 has been launched and further investigation has been initiated.

On the occasion, Dysp Ishant Gupta said that legal action would be taken against violators involved in the illegal material extraction. He said that the extraction of sand, gravel and boulders would be allowed only at the locations which are identified by the Department of Geology and Mining.

Due to the illegal extraction of sand, gravel, and boulders from the streams and Nallahs not only Government is losing revenue but the constructed protection bunds on the said streams and Nallahs also get damaged, he added.

Police appealed to the general public for cooperation against the illegal extraction of sand.

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