Three Home Guard jawans injured as sand mafia attacks mining squad

Shajapur, June 04 (ANI): Three Home Guard personnel were seriously injured after sand smugglers attacked officials of the Madhya Pradesh mining department when they were inspecting illegal excavation of sand from Nevaj River near Banka Khedi village in the district on Thursday. The incident took place when the team reached to raid the spot following a complaint of illegal mining received on the Chief Minister’s helpline. Reportedly, the team found five tractor-trolleys which were allegedly excavating sand from the river-bed. According to reports, the mafia members hurled stones at the mining team and also hit them with sticks in which three Home Guard jawans sustained injuries. Police have booked twenty-one people in this connection and no arrests have been made yet.

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