Bihar Cop Mowed Down By Tractor Carrying Illegally Mined Sand, Team Formed To Nab Driver

A police officer was killed by sand mafia in Bihar's Jamui district on Monday under the limits of Garhi police station after a team of the police reached a mine to stop illegal mining. A truck carrying illegally mined sand mowed down Sub-Inspector Prabhat Ranjan of the 2018 batch. A personnel of the Home Guard was seriously injured and was undergoing treatment at a hospital, said the Office of Superintendent of Police, Jamui in a press release.   

The tractor has been seized and a special raid team has been formed to nab the driver, the police said, adding that the driver has been identified and is a resident of Nawada. 

#WATCH | DSP Abhishek Kumar Singh says, "Garhi police station was taking action continuously against illegal sand mining. Action was taken against several sand mafia and illegal tractors. This morning, input was received about sand mining being done. On the basis of that input,… pic.twitter.com/h6UCu3X0hy

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"Garhi police station was taking action continuously against illegal sand mining. Action was taken against several sand mafia and illegal tractors. This morning, input was received about sand mining being done," Deputy Superintendent of Police Abhishek Kumar Singh told ANI. 

"On the basis of that input, SI Prabhat Ranjan left with his team for raid. During this when the illegal sand mining tractor was being impounded, its driver hit the Police vehicle with the tractor several times with the intention of murder," he added. 

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"The tractor mowed down Prabhat Ranjan. He was being rushed to the hospital but he passed away before he could reach. A Home Guard jawan is critically injured, he is under treatment in Jamui," Singh said. 

"A special raid team has been constituted to arrest the driver; he has been identified, he is a resident of Nawada district. He will be nabbed soon...All those who were involved in the incident will be nabbed soon. The tractor has been impounded," the police official told the news agency.