Illegal sand seized – Photo: Amar Ujala Expansion A joint team of police including Mineral Department and Revenue raided the storage of sand in Vilayat Kala village of Badwara tehsil area in Katni district. During this operation, about trolley illegal sand has been seized. Mineral Inspector Ashok Mishra said, information was received from the informer that sand is being extracted and stored illegally by some people from Vilayat Khurd Mahanadi Ghat of Barwara Tehsil area. Immediately raided the spot along with Barwara Naib Tehsildar Sunil Mishra, Patwari Raza Khan and the police team. Tell that from Vilayat Khurd village Trolley and from Vilayat Kala Gram Trolley Illegal sand storage has been seized. After the Panchnama action, the entire matter has been taken up for investigation. It is being told that the mining mafia used to illegally store sand secretly from the Mahanadi Ghat. After this, they used to take orders and transport them at night. The Gram Panchayat Sarpanch has given the names of the people involved in the illegal trade of sand to the Mineral Department, on the basis of which the team of the Police and the Mines Department is investigating. Action will be taken against the traders if they are detected. According to Vilayat Khurd’s sarpanch Vijay Narayan Singh, Lucky Pandey, Akhilesh Pandey and Shyamlal Kushwaha Vilayat illegal by art Sand business was being done formally. The sand is obtained from private land owned by Visheshwar Ramdas. Khasra serial number 374/2 sand has been seized from the land of Ramashankar Tiwari in Bilayat Kala. This sand has been handed over to M/s Vishtha Sales for safekeeping. ,