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SHAHKOT
The Punjab Chief Minister's Office (CMO) has directed the Home Department to submit a detailed report on the attack on the mining officers in the Shahkot sub-division.
In an email to the administrative secretary of the Home Affairs and Justice Department, the CMO forwarded a news report published in newspapers regarding the attack on mining officers inside Dhussi Bandh of River Sutlej who went there to check illegal mining.
Dilbag Singh a resident of Baina Pur village and social activist has mailed to CMO a news report titled “30 unidentified accused booked for attacking mining officers, stealing cash and other valuables.” The news report said the Shahkot police had booked thirty unidentified accused on the charges of attacking mining officers and stealing their valuable goods.
Jagsir Singh district mining officer Farid Kot had complained to the police mining department headquarters to check illegal mining in side Dhussi Bandh of River Sutlej in the Shahkot subdivision.
He had said that he along with his department officers and police personnel reached the demarcated site inside Dhussi Bandh Chak Bahmania village and found two tractor-trolleys loaded with illegal sand but there was no body.
Jagsir Singh had said in his complaint that during the checking process about 35 persons on motorcycles tractors and other vehicles armed with sharp-edged weapons reached the spot and ransacked one official vehicle and headed toward us by using abusive language against them and threatening them to kill but police personnel on gaur duty with us opened fire in the air from his official gun and saved them. He had said they all fled to Chek Post High Teck Naka to save themselves.
Jagsir Singh had said the accused fled with a loaded tractor trolly and a tractor without a trolly and stole Rs 5000, one laptop, and other valuables and documents from departmental vehicles.
He had said the accused stopped them from performing their public duties and legal action should be taken against them.
A case under sections 379(theft),353(assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty )186(intentionally obstructing the performance of a public function by a public employee ) 411(dishonestly receiving stolen property )427(mischief )506(criminal intimidation ) 148 and 149(rioting ) of the Indian Penal Code and section 21 of the Mines and Minerals Act was registered against unidentified accused and the police on Tuesday recovered and impounded a Truck used in illegal mining.