The driver and cleaner of the dumper that mowed down a constable, who was trying to stop the vehicle carrying illegally mined sand from the Chambal River here, were arrested today, officials said.
The driver, Tehsildar Gurjar, absconding since the incident on Sunday last, was arrested from Karua village in Dholpur district of Rajasthan following an intense search, Morena SP Navneet Bhasin told PTI.
The SP said they are questioning him to get more details about the incident that has once again highlighted the activities of sand mafia in Madhya Pradesh.
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The Constable, Dharmendra Chouhan (40), posted at Noorabad Police Station hear here, was crushed to death while flagging down the dumper, suspected to be belonging to sand mafia, in the wee hours of Sunday.
The truck was carrying illegally mined sand from Chambal River near a village in Morena district. A case under IPC Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) was filed in connection with the incident.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had announced setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and directed it to submit a report within 15 days.
The truck cleaner, Suraj Gurjar, was nabbed from here, Additional Morena SP Raghuvansh Prasad Bhadoria said.
Tehsildar and Suraj have been handed over to SIT for questioning, he added.
The vehicle owner, Ramlakhan alias Bunty, was apprehended yesterday.
Acting on a PIL, the Madhya Pradesh High Court banned sand mining in the river more than five years ago, observing that it posed a threat to gharials (a species of crocodile) who lay eggs in the sand there.
In March 2012, IPS officer Narendra Kumar was mowed down by a tractor allegedly owned by sand mafia in Morena district. A CBI probe was ordered and the accused, Manoj Gurjar, was later awarded a 10-year jail term.
