CURATED BY – SUSHIL SONI | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Anuppur, Mr. Superintendent of Police Anuppur and Mr. Additional Superintendent of Police District Anuppur and Sub-Divisional Officer (Police) Section Pushparajgarh, under the guidance of Inspector PC Kol, Police Station In-charge, Karanpathar Police Station, Outpost In-charge Sub Inspector Mangala Prasad Dubey, during town tour against sand transporter, staff PR 140 Rajesh Paw PR 74 Ram Prasad Singh, R. 362 Vinod, Constable No. 346 Sahab Saur, Outpost Sarai, R. 287 Vinod Kumar, Police Station Karanpathar during town countryside visit on 16/02/2025 along with accompanying staff while visiting village Payari, was informed through mobile by a reliable informer that a red and yellow colour 912 truck number MP 18 GA 4518 is coming towards Sarai from village Pathkhai, district Shahdol, carrying stolen sand illegally loaded. The witnesses present on the spot, Bal Karan Dholia father Besahu Dholia, Krishna Pal Dholia father Ram Prasad Dholia, both residents of village Sarai, were made aware of the informer's information and accompanying staff R was taken for verification and action on the informer's information. 346 In the morning Saur and witnesses left from above and reached Ahirganwa Chauraha Sarai, then after some time a trolley similar to the description told by the informer was seen coming from Pathkhai Ghat which was stopped by the staff and witnesses along with the stopper stopped at Ahirganwa Chauraha and on asking the name and address of the person sitting on the driver seat, he told his name to be Ashok Kumar Bansakar father Jamuna Prasad Bansakar, age 29 years, resident of village Bamura and on asking the name and address of the person sitting next to him, he told his name to be Hari Lal Kol father Pusua Kol, age 30 years, resident of Bamuri and told that he was loading stolen sand from Bamura drain near Pathkhai in the trolley and taking it for selling. The accused driver was booked under Section 94 of B.N.N.S. On being given a notice, he was asked for TP documents for loading and transporting sand, which he said he did not have. On being questioned, he told that the vehicle belonged to Daggy Baba alias Surendra Yadav, a resident of Pathkhai, and that he had stolen sand and loaded it on his own will without informing the owner of the vehicle. The vehicle was seized in front of the aforesaid witnesses as per the seizure memo at 11.42 am and taken into police possession. The driver accused did not produce the vehicle documents and driving license at the spot. The act of the accused was found to be under crime number 48/25, section 303(2), 317(5), 3(5) B.N.S. 4/21 Mineral Act 130/177(3), 3/181 MOV Act and was registered and taken into investigation. The above staff played an important role in the proceedings.