The incident occurred when some people were digging up sand for the construction of a temple in the village when a huge mound of sand collapsed on them. The injured people were taken to the hospital.
The incident took place when the ASI, along with his two colleagues, was on his way to arrest a person in connection with some case.
The money laundering case stems from a clutch of 20 FIRs registered by the Bihar Police against a company named Broadsons Commodities Pvt Ltd (BCPL) and its directors alleging they were engaged in illegal mining and sale of sand without using e-challans.
The arrest was made following the raid conducted at the premises of Lalu Yadav’s close aide Subhash Yadav and several other places in Bihar’s capital city Patna on Saturday (March 9) in connection with illegal sand mining case.
The searches were conducted at several places in Patna on Saturday morning.
In a significant development, the apex court has initiated a thorough inquiry into the sand mining scam, seeking clarification from the Tamil Nadu government on various aspects related to the illicit practice.
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The federal agency recorded the statement of 59-yr-old Congress leader under Prevention of Money Laundering Act and he left the ED's zonal office in Jalandhar on Wednesday.
Calling ED's raid and opposition scurrilous attacks a 'political vendetta' ahead of Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections, CM said, "BJP is using central agencies to take revenge from me."
Chairman of a Madhya Pradesh river trust and self-styled godman, Computer Baba, and some seers are maintaining a "vigil" close to the Narmada riverbanks in Sehore district to prevent illegal mining of sand.
The issue came into sharp focus on Monday when a selfie video taken by a worker before committing suicide went viral.
Two people were arrested for illegal sand mining from the Yamuna river bank in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said on Wednesday.
A bench headed by Justice S A Bobde issued notices to the Centre, the Central Bureau of Investigation, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh on a plea which claimed that rampant illegal mining in the states was causing environmental degradation.
Taking note of excessive sand mining in Alappad, a coastal village in Kerala, the National Green Tribunal has formed a committee to determine compensation to be recovered for damage to the environment by unsustainable illegal mining.
Sand mining scam: In an unusual move, wife of controversial District Magistrate (DM) of Bulandshahr, Abhay Singh has taken help of social media claiming that CBI is framing her husband in a mining scam, which involves a former minister of the Akhilesh Yadav government.
Sand mining scam case: The central probe agency has registered two cases in the Uttar Pradesh mining scam, naming former minister Gayatri Prajapati and four IAS officers as accused, and carried out searches at 12 locations in the state.
In a relief to the Andhra Pradesh government, the Supreme Court has suspended the NGT order directing the state to deposit Rs 100 crores with the CPCB for inaction to prevent illegal sand mining.
Thousands of daily wagers and semi-skilled workers have been rendered jobless after the state government initiated large-scale action in July against rampant illegal sand mining and imposed restrictions.
Police have provided additional security to a woman IAS officer posted in Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh, after she claimed threat to her life from the sand mining mafia
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