NAKODAR
The Mehat Pur police have booked five persons for illegal sand mining.
Investigating officer (IO) Avtar Singh said the accused had been identified as Kala Singh a resident of Khurshaid Pur village, Jashan Deep Singh, Kashmir Singh, and Shinda Landa resident of Akuwal village and Fauja Singh a resident of Hujara village all under Sidham Bet police station Ludhiana
Jora Singh a resident of Gorsian Khan Mohamad village under Shidham Bet police station complained that the accused are indulging in the illegal quarrying of sand in the area.
IO said a case under Section 21 of the Punjab Mining Act and 303(2) (theft) of the BNS has been registered against the accused.