Bantwal: Officials raid alleged sand mining site on Nethravati bank, 20 boats seized
Bantwal: A team of officials from revenue and mining departments raided an illegal sand mining site in the banks of River Nethravati at Thumbe, Maripalla and seized 20 boats on Friday morning.
Following orders of the DC, the Department of Mining and Bantwal Revenue division executed the raid in collaboration with rural police. The confiscated boats, numbering 20, were transferred to Adyar in Mangaluru taluk. However, no sand was discovered in the boats and all the labourers involved in sand quarrying had allegedly escaped from the spot before the raid, the police stated.
Mining Department Assistant Director Krishnaveni, Senior Geologist Girish Mohan, Mahadeshwar, Bantwal Tahsildar Archana Bhat, Mangalore Revenue officer Prashanth Patil, Bantwal Revenue Inspector Janardhan, village accountants and Bantwal rural police participated in the raid.
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Ranchi: Temple guard bludgeoned to death during robbery attempt, 3 held
Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.
"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.
"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.
Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.
An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.
