Distt admin, cops act against illegal excavation of sand
* Revenue and Police department staffers to keep round-the-clock vigil at six ghats where illegal excavation and transport of sand is suspected * Externment action to be initiated against habitual offenders Staff Reporter Cracking the whip against sand mafia involved in illegal excavation and transportation of sand from ghats in Nagpur district, the administrations of Revenue Department and Police Department have decided to deploy staffers from both the departments to keep round-the-clock vigil on at least six ghats. Taking serious cognisance of the attack on IPS probationary officer Gaurav Singh by sand mafia near Nayakund village a few days ago, District Magistrate Abhishek Krishna convened a meeting of senior officers of Revenue Department and Police Department on Tuesday. Superintendent of Police (Nagpur Rural) Dr Aarti Singh, Sub-Divisional Police Officers, Sub-Divisional Officers of Saoner, Ramtek, and Mouda were present prominently. After the meeting, District M...