SHAHKOT
The Shahkot police have booked eight people on the charge of illegal sand mining.
Investigating Officer (IO) Sulindar Singh said that the accused have been identified as Kulwindar Singh, Gursewak Singh Gurjit Singh residents of Kapurthala City, Sukhraj Singh of Mehsam Pur village and Vikramjit Singh of Baghela village under Mehat Pur police station Dilpreet Singh of Gosian Khan Mohamad village in Ludhiana, Charnjit Singh and Mangi Bhalwan of Chak Bahmannia village.
Jang Singh a resident of Gorsian Khan Mohamad village complained to the police that the accused were indulging in illegal sand mining.
IO said a case under section 303(2) (theft) of the BNS and section 21 of the Punjab Mining Act has been registered against the accused.