Kaushambi,

29 March (HS): Police reported on Sunday that a mining inspector and his crew

were allegedly attacked by a fuel pump owner, personnel, and truck drivers

while conducting a check drive against overloaded sand-laden vehicles in the

Pipri region.

Around

11:30 p.m. on Saturday, three sand-laden trucks were diverted into the grounds

of a Bharat Petroleum fuel station in Kasenda village, while mining inspector

Shatrughan Singh and his colleagues were performing checks on vehicles carrying

minor minerals. According to Singh's complaint, when he attempted to obtain

documents related to the transported material, the petrol pump owner Anshu

Singh, manager Hariom, and employees Shivam Singh, Afghan, and Balwant, as well

as approximately a dozen unidentified individuals, allegedly attacked the

inspector, his team members, and their driver.

The attack

was pre-planned and executed in a coordinated way, resulting in major injuries

to the inspector, his assistants, and the driver, according to the complaint,

which also alleged that they managed to flee the scene to save their lives. According

to Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar, a complaint has been filed against

five named defendants — the petrol pump owner, manager, and personnel — as well

as 12 unnamed people under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

(BNS). A medical report for the victims is awaited. He stated that further

inquiry is underway.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi