Summary:
The Hadapsar police have now initiated an investigation into the case.Earlier, the revenue officials had launched a drive to check vehicles illegally ferrying sand in the Pune district . PUNE: The owners and drivers of seven trucks — caught for illegally transporting sand at Manjari on the Pune-Solapur Highway on Monday at 6pm — fled from the custody of revenue officials along with their contraband-laden vehicles. We have supplied the vehicle registration numbers to the police and have requested them to trace the owners and drivers at the earliest. One of the teams, which was maintaining vigilance near a fuel station at Manjari, intercepted 19 trucks. After receiving the details, we will establish the identities of the owners and the drivers..