Ghaziabad: A team of government officials, including two policemen, were brutally assaulted on Thursday by henchmen of a sand mafia in Uttar Pradesh, police said. They even tried to run them over with a tractor. The incident took place at Shamli, over 100 km from New Delhi, when a team of revenue officials and policemen went to question a sand mafia for alleged illegal mining of sand near the banks of Yamuna.
During his questioning, his henchmen attacked the team and injured the 'nayab tehsildar' (revenue official), a station house officer (SHO) and a police constable, police said, refusing to disclose the name of the sand mafia.
They were taken to a medical facility in Ghaziabad later where their condition is said to be serious. Shamli's Senior Superintendent of Police Abdul Hameed told reporters that the team had gone to Shamli after receiving complaints of illegal mining of sand from the banks of Yamuna river.
No one has been arrested so far, the SSP said. Teams have been formed to nab the culprits. "It is indeed a very shocking and serious matter. We will hound out the mining mafia," the police chief added....
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07:12 PM, May 16, 2013
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06:53 PM, May 13, 2013
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11:57 PM, May 09, 2013
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10:02 PM, May 09, 2013
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04:08 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: Controversy over the walkout by BSP MP Shafiqur Rahman Burq from the Lok Sabha took a new turn as he refused to apologise for walking out of the House while national song Vande Mataram was being played. Burq said that as a Muslim he cannot show respect towards the national song. "I won't apologise to anyone. I respect the National Anthem, not the national song Vande Mataram. Vande...
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01:20 PM, May 08, 2013
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12:47 AM, May 06, 2013
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03:18 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Yasin Malik returned from Pakistan on Saturday evening amid protests by Shiv Sena activists at the Delhi airport. He will be spending the night in Delhi. His trip to Pakistan was shrouded in controversy after he was seen sharing the dais with one of India's most wanted terrorist Hafiz Saeed in Islamabad. The separatist leader from Jammu and Kashmir had shared the stage...
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