Owing to failure in prevention of illicit sand mining in Bihar, 17 officials, including two superintendents of poওlice have received suspension from the Nitish Kumar government.
General Administra🎃tion and Home Departments issued a notification earlier which included the names of Aurangabad SP Sudhir Kumar Porika and his Bhojpur counterpart Rakesh Kumar Dubey along with the others wh🌳o were suspended.
Five other officials – Sunil Kumar Singh, Tanvir Ahmad, Anup Kumar, Pankaj Rawat and Sanjay Kumar – who were posted as deputy SPs or sub-divisional police officers in Bhojpur, Aurang𓆉abad and Kaimur districts, have also been suspended.
Besides, three administrative officials – Anup Kumar, Raﷺkesh Kumar and Basant Ray – all posted as circle officers in Patna, Aurangabad and Bhojpur districts, have been suspended.
According to official sources, those suspended also include a motor vehicle inspector and six offic𒆙ials of the Geology and Mines Department.
The action followed a report of the Economic Offences Unit of the police regarding sand mining on the banks of Son🌜e River which was being carried out illegally despite a ban imposed in May this year.
(With PTI Inputs)
