Illegal sand transport, assault case: BJP ZP member, others booked
Kota: Kota police registered a case against several persons, including Udupi Zilla Panchayat BJP member Pratap Hegde Maarali, in connection with the illegal sand transportation in Sita River and an assault case.
According to a complaint, ZP BJP member Pratap Hegde Maarali, Praveen Hegde Maarali, Vijay Shetty Goliangady Yalanthuru, Sudeep Shetty Halli, Dinesh Shetty Nancharu, Dayanand Shetty and others broke the gates of the Rubber Plantation at Nancharu village and entered illegally on the night of January 18. They had used three tippers, one JCB, and four cars for this, the complaint read.
The complaint also mentions that they loaded sand from Sita River, abused the watchman of the plantation Sudheer Shetty, snatched away his mobile phone and torch light before assaulting him.
Complainant Sudheer Shetty has also said in the complaint that this illegal sand transportation had caused a loss of Rs. 10,00,000 to the government.
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Illegally stored gas cylinders seized
Thane (PTI): Authorities have seized illegally stored 1,839 gas cylinders and seven vehicles worth over Rs 67 lakh in the Dombivli MIDC area of Thane district, officials said on Saturday.
A special vigilance team of the Mumbai Rationing Department detected an illegal storage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders in Phase-2 of Dombivli (East).
Cylinders belonging to multiple gas agencies were found stockpiled in closed vehicles, unauthorised warehouses, and open sheds without mandatory permissions from the Explosives Department, Fire Department, or oil companies, according to an official release.
