Surendra Singh Bishnoi died on the spot
Chandigarh:
In a horrifying incident that captures the fear of the mining mafia in Haryana, a senior police officer was run over by a stone-laden truck in Nuh right this moment when he went to cease the unlawful mining of stones.
Surendra Singh Bishnoi, a DSP rank officer, had acquired info that stones have been being illegally mined at Pachgaon close to the Aravalli mountain vary. He reached the spot round 11 am right this moment together with a police crew.
On recognizing the police personnel, these concerned within the unlawful mining began fleeing the spot. The senior officer stood in the best way and signalled the stone-laden autos to cease. However the driver of a truck ran him over, killing him on the spot. Two different policemen had a slim escape as they jumped apart. The accused then fled the world.
One of many accused has been arrested after he bought injured in an encounter with the police. A search operation has been launched to arrest the remaining accused. In a condolence message put out by its official Twitter deal with, Haryana police mentioned “no effort shall be spared in bringing the offenders to face justice”.
DSP Taoru Sh Surender Singh laid down his life right this moment in the midst of responsibility. #HaryanaPolice extends its deepest condolences to the bereaved household of the courageous officer. No effort shall be spared in bringing the offenders to face justice.
…@cmohry— Haryana Police (@police_haryana) July 19, 2022
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar assured strict motion towards these concerned and expressed condolences and likewise introduced Rs1 crore compensation for the household of the police officer.
“Our condolences exit to bereaved household. A complete of Rs 1 crore can be offered in compensation to the kin of the martyred police officer. We’d additionally present a job to one in every of his members of the family,” introduced Chief Minister Khattar.
Haryana Dwelling Minister Anil Vij mentioned the mining mafia will not be spared. “We are going to take strict motion. Nobody might be spared,” he mentioned.
BJP MP from Hisar Brijendra Singh condemned the killing and mentioned the state authorities ought to take strict motion. “The killing of a senior police officer in such a fashion is in no way acceptable. The state authorities ought to take quick motion to ship a loud and clear message to the felony components within the state,” he informed reporters outdoors parliament.
The senior police officer, it’s learnt, was from Hisar.
In keeping with the Financial Survey of Haryana for 2021-22, tabled earlier than the Meeting on March 8, a complete of 21,450 unlawful mining circumstances have been detected within the state, together with transportation of minerals with out legitimate paperwork, from 2014-15 as much as September 2021.
Regardless of a Supreme Court docket ban order relationship again to 2009, mining has continued unabated at a number of locations within the Aravalli area.
A bunch of residents, named Aravalli Bachao Residents Motion, approached the Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal earlier this yr. They alleged that unlawful mining was rampant in not less than 16 areas within the area.
“In lots of areas, substantial parts of the hills have been mined and brought away and, in some cases, utterly razed to the bottom,” the petitioners informed the tribunal.
In addition they alleged police inaction on many complaints of unlawful mining.
The tribunal then constituted a joint committee of representatives from the Ministry of Atmosphere, Forest and Local weather Change, the central and state air pollution management boards, state police and mining and forest officers. This panel, the tribunal mentioned, would go to the recognized areas to verify if unlawful mining is on.