Police have seized six sand-laden battery-run auto-vans and a Mahindra lorry for illegally extracting and transporting red sand in Jhenaigati, Sherpur. Six auto-van drivers were detained during the operation.
The operation was conducted in the early hours of Sunday (November 8) at the Dhanshail Bazar area acting on a tip-off that sand was being illegally extracted from the Bakakura canal. However, the driver of the Mahindra lorry managed to escape.
A case has been filed under Section 15 of the Balumahal and Soil Management Act, 2010 against the six detainees and the fugitive Mahindra driver. Jhenaigati Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) SM Nur Mohammad confirmed the matter.
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