Bihar: 10 SHOs transferred for not stopping sand mining. Patna News – Times of India

PATNA: The State Police Headquarters has shifted large scale sand mining or transportation under their respective jurisdictions on ‘administrative grounds’ to other police stations in the state, including 10 SHOs posted at Bihta, Rani Talab and Paliganj police stations in Patna district. Have given. Despite the ban on such activities in Son.
There were reports of massive illegal sand mining in the media and videos as well as extortion from trucks or tractors laden with sand by police personnel.
Bihta SHO Awadesh Kumar Jha has been sent to East range in Bhagalpur, Paliganj SHO Sunil Kumar to Kosi range in Saharsa and Rani Talab in Champaran range from SHO Satish Kumar to Bettiah. All three are inspector rank officers.
Saran’s Mufassil Police Station SHO Dayanand Singh has been transferred to Bhagalpur and Aurangabad’s Daudnagar SHO Arvind Kumar Gautam to Begusarai. Raj Kumar, a sub-inspector posted as Barun police station SHO in Aurangabad has been sent to Darbhanga range.
Four more sub-inspectors have been made out of bounds in Saran. One of them was attached to the police line by SHO and two to SP Santosh Kumar while one was suspended.
Sources said that among those who have been transferred are Ashok Kumar, SHO of Saran’s Dariyapur and Ram Pukar Ram, Dinesh Kumar and Sanjay Prasad. “Ram and Dinesh were attached to the police line. Ram was earlier posted as a regular officer in Sonpur police station. Dinesh was removed from the post of Dighwara SHO, while Sanjay was removed from the post Doriganj SHO Before his suspension,” said a source.
a senior IPS The officer said that vehicles laden with Son river and sand pass through the areas falling under the said police stations.
“The transfers are probably in an attempt to send a message to the field officers that they are being monitored,” he said.

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