Tehsildar injured in stone-pelting by sand mafia in MP

Gawalior, April 6 (IANS) Even as the country is under a 21-day nationwide lockdown, sand mafia in Madhya Pradesh is active and has injured a Tehsildar who was part of a patrol team, a senior officer said on Monday.Tehsildar Kuldeep Dubey and his deputy Kamal Singh Koli were on patrol in the area under Bhitarwar police station on Sunday night when they came across a number of vehicles parked in the Sankhli bridge area and an unspecified number of persons present there. When the team of officials reached there, A group of persons pelted them with stones, injuring Dubey.Bhitarwar SDM (Revenue) told the media on Monday that a case has been registered against five named accused and 50 others for illegal sand mining in the Chambal riverbed.
--IANS hindi/tsb