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2 FOREST RAIDS IN A DAY BY FOREST WING OF ODISHA VIGILANCE

MINOR MINERALS AND VEHICLES WORTH OVER RS.1.10 CRORE SEIZED.

Cuttack,4/5/2023 ( Odisha Samachar )- Today i.e. on 04.05.2023, on receipt of reliable information regarding illegal transportation of morrum at village Amiyajhari, PS-Byree, Dist- Jajpur, a joint forest raid was conducted by the Forest Wing of Odisha Vigilance. During raid, 2 numbers of TATA Hyva & ASHOK LEYLAND vehicles loaded with illegal morrum bearing Regd No. OR-19-E-8186 & OR-02-AP-2415 and 1 JCB machine bearing Regd No.OD-04-A-4988 engaged in loading work were detected and seized for violation of Rule-4 of Odisha Minor Mineral Concession Rule, 2004 and 2016. The drivers of the vehicles namely 1) Sri Silu Behera, vill-Charbatia, PS-Choudwar, Dist-Cuttack, 2) Sri Surendra Kumar Yadav, At-Ranihat, Dist-Cuttack and 3) Sri Ranjan Pradhan, vill-Kolha, PS-Badachana, Dist-Jajpuur were arrested and forwarded to the Court.

   In 2nd Operation today, on getting reliable information regarding transportation of black granite stone by 2 numbers of trucks bearing registration No.OR-09-Q-5196 and OR-09-E-1898 without valid documents for violation of Rule-4 of Odisha Minor Mineral Concession Rule, 2004 and 2016 near Chandikhol, Dist-Jajpur were also detected and seized. The drivers of the vehicles namely 1) Sri Santosh Kumar Patra, vill-Padmanavapur, PS-Balichandrapur, Dist-Jajpur and 2) Sri Ganeswar Das, vill-Nakpol, PS-Dharmasala, Dist-Jajpur were arrested and forwarded to the Court.

  In total, seized value of vehicles and minor minerals comes to Rs.1,10,37,400/- (Rupees One Crore Ten Lakh Thirty-seven Thousand Four Hundred). 

In this connection, five forest cases vide OR Case No.13D, 14D, 15D, 16D & 17D of 2023-24 in Dalijoda Range under Cuttack Forest Division have been registered and are under investigation.

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