Surguja: Every day, with the help of local villagers and bikers, the coal mafia earns huge income by smuggling coal on a large scale from the Amera open mine of Lakhanpur police station area. At the same time, the government is losing lakhs of rupees every day. On the complaint, on the instructions of top officials of Surguja Police, the joint team of Lakhanpur Udaipur Police and SECL on Sunday morning arrested more than a dozen people in the case of theft of coal from Amera open mine and seized a large number of motorcycles and bicycles. And the police is busy in further action. But the coal mafia is far from the reach of Surguja police.
It remains to be seen how long the Surguja Police takes action against these big coal mafias. According to the information received, a complaint was lodged against the Amera ACCL management. Lakhanpur: A joint team of Udaipur Police and SECL reached village Katkona located on the border of SECL Amera open mine and detained more than a dozen people for illegally excavating and transporting coal. The joint team is interrogating them on the spot. Coal, bicycle, motorcycle and vehicle have been seized and brought to Lakhanpur police station. It is noteworthy that SECL security in-charge Mohd. Rizwan Khan has complained about coal theft several times in the past. The joint team of police and SECL also takes action from time to time. As soon as they get wind of it, the big coal mafias escape.
Coal mafia out of reach of police
In case of coal theft from Amera open mine, local villagers are caught on the spot. As soon as they get wind of the action, the big coal mafias escape. Unless action is taken against these big coal mafias, this trend of coal theft will continue. The government administration should take strict action against these big coal mafias so that coal theft can be curbed.
Coal mafia indulges in coal theft by targeting villagers and bikers
Coal is smuggled by the coal mafia by promoting local villagers and biker gangs. Through them, coal is collected from brick kilns and elsewhere and sold in pickup trucks in the dark of night to other states. Not only this, these coal mafias are earning a lot by selling coal to chimney and illegal pot kilns operating in Lakhanpur, Bishrampur, Darima, Ambikapur areas.
Loss of lakhs of rupees per day to the government
The local and external coal mafias together have been causing loss worth crores of rupees to the government by stealing coal for several months. Stolen coal worth lakhs of rupees is sold every day by coal mafias.
