One killed in mining mafia attack

  • | Sunday | 17th March, 2019

When this team raided the forest, Yadav and his accomplices were loading stones on tractor trolleys after illegal mining, said forest officials. On seeing the forest ranger and his team, Yadav and his accomplices tried to escape. However, the team of forest ranger succeeded in stopping one tractor.On Saturday morning, SP Sonbhadra along with the DFO and other officials reached the incident site. The SP said that on the complaint of DFO Raipur, an FIR was filed. VARANASI: A forest guard was killed while a forest ranger and other guards were injured when accomplices of local mining mafia attacked them near Tenua forest of Maci forest range in Raipur police station area of Sonbhadra district on Friday night.SP Sonebhadra Salman Taj Patil said that the main accused, Laxmikant Yadav, had been arrested after an FIR was lodged in this connection while search for others was underway.On being tipped off, divisional forest officer of Sonebhadra, Sanjiv Kumar Singh rushed forest ranger BP Singh along with a team of forest guards to Padari Tenua forest in Machi range.

VARANASI: A forest guard was killed while a forest ranger and other guards were injured when accomplices of local mining mafia attacked them near Tenua forest of Maci forest range in Raipur police station area of Sonbhadra district on Friday night.SP Sonebhadra Salman Taj Patil said that the main accused, Laxmikant Yadav, had been arrested after an FIR was lodged in this connection while search for others was underway.On being tipped off, divisional forest officer of Sonebhadra, Sanjiv Kumar Singh rushed forest ranger BP Singh along with a team of forest guards to Padari Tenua forest in Machi range. When this team raided the forest, Yadav and his accomplices were loading stones on tractor trolleys after illegal mining, said forest officials. On seeing the forest ranger and his team, Yadav and his accomplices tried to escape. However, the team of forest ranger succeeded in stopping one tractor.On Saturday morning, SP Sonbhadra along with the DFO and other officials reached the incident site. The SP said that on the complaint of DFO Raipur, an FIR was filed.

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