A team of journalists, including Imran Memon, Thaneshwar Sahu, and Jitendra Sinha, visited the site to document illegal sand transportation after alerting district mining authorities.
This triggered sharp protests from the treasury benches, leading to a heated verbal duel.
The state BJP is going to organize a movement against the sand mafia, who are allegedly digging up sand from the Damodar river basin, across the state.
A Division Bench of Justices MS Ramesh and Sunder Mohan ruled that the ED has overstepped its remit in registering the case.
More than 2-km stretch of river bank, from Guptipara Surya Mandir onwards is undergoing a massive erosion at an alarming rate.
Chadha said, “After becoming the CM, Channi had said ‘sand mafia should not come to me, I am not the chief minister of sand mafia'.
According to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report, sand has been mined at rates greatly exceeding natural replenishment rates.
BJP district unit president Kandra Soren said that the BJP had drawn attention of the district collector but no action has been taken till date.
The role and responsibility of the bureau is to stop the smuggling of alcohol, from bordering states and put a curb on preparation of illicit liquor and check the illegal sand mining in the state.
AAP MLA Amarjeet Singh Sandoa was attacked by the goons of sand mining mafia near Nurpur Bedi in Ropar district, following which he was rushed to PGIMER in Chandigarh.
