Today on 13.12.2022 at early morning at 05.00 hrs it was reliably learnt that some persons are engaged in illegal sand extraction activity in the river Chapora at Pirna. Based upon the reliable sources, a joined operation was carried out by the officials of Colvale Police station, Mamaltar of Bardez Dasharath Gawas, officials of department of mines and minerals Panaji and officials of captain of port Panaji and raid was conducted wherein two persons were found in process
of illegal sand extraction using canoe in river at Pira. The two persons were detained along with canoe and sand. They disclosed their name as Dadan s/o Ramgovind Sahani age 50 yrs and M.r Aajy s/o Dinanath Sahani age 42 yrs both r / o Uttar Pradesh. Total 08.5m3 extracted sand were found wrs. 11050/-.
The complaint in above regards was filed by the Shyam Sawant, Assistant Geologist of mines and mineral department and case was registered at Colvale Police station against above person for committed theft of sand u/s 379
r/w 34 IPC and for contravention of rule 3,38 with rule 62(1) of the Goa Minor Minerals concession rule 1985 and both of them were arrested. The seized canoe.
SDPO Mapuca Jivba Dalvi informed that further investigation is carried out by Colvale police station .
