SHAHKOT
The Shahkot police have arrested an SBS Nagar village resident for illegal sand mining.
The investigating officer (IO) Jagdev Singh said that the accused has been identified as Navjot Singh a resident of Baharr Majra village in SBS Nagar.
Nakodar /Shahkot mining officer cum junior engineer Rohit Singh complained to the police that the accused was carrying illegal sand without any permit and impounded his tractor trolley.
IO said that a case under section 21 of the Punjab Mining Act and section 379(theft) and 411(dishonestly receiving stolen property) of the IPC had been registered against the accused.