Sundargarh: In a daring act, members of sand smuggling network allegedly attacked a mining official and police personnel during a raid on illegal sand transportation in Odisha’s Sundargarh district on Wednesday.
The incident took place during a raid on the maf
ia while sand was being illegally transported from Amalipali ghat in the district.
Sources said the mining official and a team from the Town Police Station conducted a raid at the sand ghat following information about illegal sand extraction and transportation. During the operation, the team seized six vehicles loaded with illegally mined sand.
However, while the seized vehicles were being taken to the police station, the illegal operators launched an attack on the mining officer and police personnel. The attackers allegedly assaulted the enforcement team and forcibly took away five of the six seized vehicles.
The team managed to bring one of the seized vehicles to the Town Police Station and the mining officer lodged a complaint regarding the attack.
A case was registered, and an investigation was launched to identify and apprehend those involved in the attack. Further details are awaited.