Summary:
Mohali Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan marked an inquiry into the matter to Kharar SDM Himanshu Jain and asked him to submit a report in two days. “This shows that the police were hand in glove with the mining mafia,” alleged an owner of a stone crusher in the Mubarakpur area. The mafia was collecting “goonda tax”, ranging from Rs 2,000 to Rs 8,000 depending on the construction material loaded in the vehicles. Against this illegal activity, members of the Mubarakpur Stone Crushers Association today sat on dharna. He said a joint inspection team under the Kharar SDM today visited Mubarakpur, Dappar, Handesra and the Chhat area..