 Just a few days after the Supreme Court issued notices to the state government over illegal mining in Alwar, a man was killed and another injured at an illegal mine Narayanpur area in the district on Tuesday.
Initially the police were saying the victims were involved in illegal mining but later they changed the stand saying that the man was killed in a freak accident when the brakes of his truck broke down.
According to the police, the incident took place near the hills at Dhamda village around 6.30 am. According to the police, three locals --Ram Singh, Girraj and Manoj -- had left their homes in the morning. "They had loaded garbage and gravel lying near a sewerage line onto a tractor. The tractor was parked unattended while the trio were smoking nearby after finishing the job," said Narayanpur police station in-charge Umesh Beniwal.
He added that the brakes of the stationed truck suddenly broke down. "It started moving and ran over Ram Singh. It hit Manoj and he sustained severe injuries on his legs," said the officer . Beniwal said that by the time police, forest and mining department officials arrived at the spot, Ram Singh had died.
"Manoj was rushed to a hospital where he is undergoing treatment. His condition is stable but serious," the officer said.
However, the same policemen at Narayanpur police station had said in the morning that the trio was involved in illegal mining.
"We recorded the statement of Ram Singh's father in the afternoon . He said that his son and two others had gone to collect garbage and gravel. He has expressed ignorance whether the three men were carrying out illegal mining," said Narayanpur police station incharge Umesh Beniwal. Some locals told TOI that there are several illegal mines in the area where the mishap took place on Tuesday.
It was only on Friday that the Supreme Court issued notices to the state government on a petition alleging that despite a ban, illegal mining was continuing in Alwar district. A vacation bench of Justice S Radhakrishnan and Justice J S Khehar issued the notices on a petition filed by an NGO, Society for Awareness and Development , which said that despite two bans imposed in 2005 and 2010, illegal mining was continuing unabated in 11 villages of Tijara and Bhiwadi tehsils.
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