Himachal Pradesh police arrests 6 men for illegal mining in Una

These police personnel and the officers of Una District conducted raids at five stretches along the Punjab-Himachal border, including Bathu-Bathri-Santoshgarh, Khanpur-Nangal-Khurd- Fatehpur, Ghaluwal, Basal and Jankaur.

The accused namely Harpal Singh (28), Parvinder Singh (25), Amanjot Singh (20), Mandeep Singh (35), Jarnail Singh (42) and Gurmukh Singh (27), all hailing from the Ropar district of Punjab, have been booked under sections 379, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 21 of Mines and Minerals Act, a spokesperson of the police headquarters said here in a statement.

During this operation, the officials of the Mining, Revenue and IPH departments were also involved and the services of surveyors were taken to assess the damage caused by illegal miners to the river beds and public property in these areas. The criminals engaged in illegal mining take advantage of the jurisdictional boundary between Punjab and Himachal and carry out their operation during late night hours in inaccessible areas using a network of informers, who keep an eye on the movement of police, the spokesperson added.

Police teams conducted raids by keeping this entire operation secret and cordoned and plugged the entry/exit points of these hotspots as a result the above accused were caught red-handed. Congratulating SP Una and the entire Police team for this success, DGP Sanjay Kundu said that State Police is committed to ensuring a “zero-tolerance policy against the mining mafia” and stringent action is being taken against the persons involved in illegal mining.