Mangaluru: Illegal sand storage den raided; trucks, earthmover seized
Mangaluru, Aug 20: The Mangaluru city police have raided an illegal sand storage den at Idya on the banks of the Phalguni River near Ulaibettu near here and confiscated 10 tipper trucks, a bulldozer and an earthmover.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Dhanya N Nayak told reporters here on Sunday that the raid was conducted based on a tip-off on illegal sand extraction on the Phalguni riverbank. Two of the trucks seized were laden with sand.
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Drivers of the earthmover, dozer, trucks and other workers engaged in sand extraction managed to flee from the spot. The value of seized items is estimated at Rs 1.25 crore.
The raid was conducted by the team led by ACP, along with Kankanady rural police and local panchayat officials.
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Four killed in bike-tipper collision in Chikkaballapura
Chikkaballapura (Karnataka) (PTI): Four people died in a road accident near Ajjavara Gate here on Thursday night, police sources said.
The incident occurred when a bike carrying four people collided with a tipper, they said.
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The victims, said to be labourers, were travelling from Chikkaballapur to Ajjavara on the two-wheeler.
Police visited the spot and investigation is on.
