Haryana DSP killed by mining mafia throughout raid, one arrested; political blame sport begins
8 min readExpress News Service
CHANDIGARH: The robust tentacles of the mining mafia concerned in unlawful quarrying within the Aravali hills have been revealed as soon as once more on Monday evening, when a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Haryana Police was killed throughout a raid at Pachgaon in Nuh district close to Delhi. One of the accused was arrested by the police quickly after the incident.
Police sources mentioned Surender Singh, the DSP of Tauru, was killed round 12 am by a dumper driver when he tried to cease the automobile to test the papers. Singh and his staff had performed a raid on the unlawful mining exercise happening within the Pachgaon space.
Singh, alongside along with his driver and gunman, seen a suspicious dumper and signalled it to cease, however the driver steered the automobile of their path.
Singh’s driver and gunman jumped apart, however the officer was crushed underneath the dumper. He was rushed to a hospital the place docs declared him introduced lifeless.
Hours after the officer’s demise, police mentioned the truck’s cleaner was arrested after being shot at and injured throughout an encounter with them.
The DSP had gone to Pachgaon close to Tauru to conduct raids in opposition to unlawful mining in Aravalli hills when he noticed the truck at 11.50 am.
According to the FIR registered later, the policemen chased the truck in their very own automobile because it drove right into a hilly patch, its driver ignoring their sign to cease.
But the truck bought caught.
The crew then started dumping the stones it was carrying to keep away from being challaned’.
When the DSP and his colleagues approached the truck on foot, driver Mittar and cleaner Ikkar allegedly brandished country-made weapons after which intentionally drove in direction of them, police mentioned.
As the dumper began, we jumped out of the way in which however DSP Surendra sir was hit and so they fled, ASI Kumar mentioned within the FIR.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar promised robust motion whereas the Congress demanded his resignation.
In the homicide case of Tauru DSP Surendra Singh, orders have been given to take strict motion.
Not a single wrongdoer will likely be spared, Khattar tweeted in Hindi.
Haryana’s Director General of Police P Okay Agrawal visited the spot in Nuh and advised reporters {that a} case of homicide has been registered.
“I am told one suspect has been arrested after an encounter with police. The suspect has sustained a bullet injury in his leg and has been nabbed,” he mentioned.
Police later recognized the arrested man because the truck’s cleaner, who was admitted at Nuh’s Nalhar Medical College.
Initial stories had instructed that the person caught was the motive force.
“Other accused will be nabbed soon. All culprits involved in this will be dealt with strictly as per the law. The Haryana police will not spare any culprit,” the DGP mentioned.
He mentioned police groups are conducting raids to trace down others concerned within the killing.
The officer was recruited as an assistant sub-inspector in Haryana Police in 1994 and was to retire in three months.
He lived along with his household in Kurukshetra and hailed from Sarangpur village in Hisar district.
Singh is survived by his spouse, a daughter and a son, in line with his brother Ashok Kumar with whom he had talked over the cellphone just a few hours earlier.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij mentioned, “All the accused will be caught and not spared even if the police of the entire Nuh district and surrounding districts have to be engaged in this task.”
The state authorities mentioned it has been taking stringent steps to test unlawful mining, and arrange district-level job forces.
A spokesperson mentioned 138 FIRs have been registered within the state for unlawful mining up to now within the monetary 12 months 2022-23.
In Nuh district alone, 23 FIRs have been registered and 68 autos seized.
Both sand and stone are illegally quarried at locations within the state.
In Delhi, Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh demanded an impartial probe into the heart-wrenching incident.
“After this shameful incident, the chief minister of the state, Manohar Lal Khattar, has no moral right to continue on his post and he should resign immediately,” Ramesh mentioned in an announcement.
Senior Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala demanded a judicial inquiry.
Does the chief minister not know {that a} mining mafia is flourishing from Yamunanagar to Nuh and Mewat? Why is the federal government performing like a mute spectator?” he mentioned.
Leader of Opposition in Haryana Assembly, Bhupinder Singh Hooda claimed that regulation and order has collapsed within the state.
“We have been repeatedly saying that common people are feeling unsafe, and recently, many MLAs have also received threats. It appears that the government is non-existent and there is no rule of law,” Hooda, a former CM, mentioned.
Extremely unhappy, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal tweeted.
“The murder of a police officer in Haryana is the result of the failure of the entire government system in Haryana. How will the public be safe where the police is not safe?” he mentioned.
The police have arrested one of many accused, recognized as Ikkar, a resident of Panchgaon village, who was a cleaner on the dumper.
The crime department staff nabbed Ikkar after a short trade of fireside, throughout which the accused was shot within the leg.
He has been admitted to Nalhar Medical College, Nuh. Efforts are on to arrest the absconding accused, the police mentioned.
The Nuh district is infamous for assaults on policemen by the mining mafia.
According to an officer, since 2015, about 50 complaints of unlawful mining have being registered yearly.
Singh was recruited as an assistant sub-inspector in Haryana Police in 1994 and was attributable to retire in 4 months. He belonged to Sarangpur village in Hisar and lived along with his household in Kurukshetra.
(With PTI Inputs)
CHANDIGARH: The robust tentacles of the mining mafia concerned in unlawful quarrying within the Aravali hills have been revealed as soon as once more on Monday evening, when a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Haryana Police was killed throughout a raid at Pachgaon in Nuh district close to Delhi. One of the accused was arrested by the police quickly after the incident.
Police sources mentioned Surender Singh, the DSP of Tauru, was killed round 12 am by a dumper driver when he tried to cease the automobile to test the papers. Singh and his staff had performed a raid on the unlawful mining exercise happening within the Pachgaon space.
Singh, alongside along with his driver and gunman, seen a suspicious dumper and signalled it to cease, however the driver steered the automobile of their path.
Singh’s driver and gunman jumped apart, however the officer was crushed underneath the dumper. He was rushed to a hospital the place docs declared him introduced lifeless.
Hours after the officer’s demise, police mentioned the truck’s cleaner was arrested after being shot at and injured throughout an encounter with them.
The DSP had gone to Pachgaon close to Tauru to conduct raids in opposition to unlawful mining in Aravalli hills when he noticed the truck at 11.50 am.
According to the FIR registered later, the policemen chased the truck in their very own automobile because it drove right into a hilly patch, its driver ignoring their sign to cease.
But the truck bought caught.
The crew then started dumping the stones it was carrying to keep away from being challaned’.
When the DSP and his colleagues approached the truck on foot, driver Mittar and cleaner Ikkar allegedly brandished country-made weapons after which intentionally drove in direction of them, police mentioned.
As the dumper began, we jumped out of the way in which however DSP Surendra sir was hit and so they fled, ASI Kumar mentioned within the FIR.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar promised robust motion whereas the Congress demanded his resignation.
In the homicide case of Tauru DSP Surendra Singh, orders have been given to take strict motion.
Not a single wrongdoer will likely be spared, Khattar tweeted in Hindi.
Haryana’s Director General of Police P Okay Agrawal visited the spot in Nuh and advised reporters {that a} case of homicide has been registered.
“I am told one suspect has been arrested after an encounter with police. The suspect has sustained a bullet injury in his leg and has been nabbed,” he mentioned.
Police later recognized the arrested man because the truck’s cleaner, who was admitted at Nuh’s Nalhar Medical College.
Initial stories had instructed that the person caught was the motive force.
“Other accused will be nabbed soon. All culprits involved in this will be dealt with strictly as per the law. The Haryana police will not spare any culprit,” the DGP mentioned.
He mentioned police groups are conducting raids to trace down others concerned within the killing.
The officer was recruited as an assistant sub-inspector in Haryana Police in 1994 and was to retire in three months.
He lived along with his household in Kurukshetra and hailed from Sarangpur village in Hisar district.
Singh is survived by his spouse, a daughter and a son, in line with his brother Ashok Kumar with whom he had talked over the cellphone just a few hours earlier.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij mentioned, “All the accused will be caught and not spared even if the police of the entire Nuh district and surrounding districts have to be engaged in this task.”
The state authorities mentioned it has been taking stringent steps to test unlawful mining, and arrange district-level job forces.
A spokesperson mentioned 138 FIRs have been registered within the state for unlawful mining up to now within the monetary 12 months 2022-23.
In Nuh district alone, 23 FIRs have been registered and 68 autos seized.
Both sand and stone are illegally quarried at locations within the state.
In Delhi, Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh demanded an impartial probe into the heart-wrenching incident.
“After this shameful incident, the chief minister of the state, Manohar Lal Khattar, has no moral right to continue on his post and he should resign immediately,” Ramesh mentioned in an announcement.
Senior Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala demanded a judicial inquiry.
Does the chief minister not know {that a} mining mafia is flourishing from Yamunanagar to Nuh and Mewat? Why is the federal government performing like a mute spectator?” he mentioned.
Leader of Opposition in Haryana Assembly, Bhupinder Singh Hooda claimed that regulation and order has collapsed within the state.
“We have been repeatedly saying that common people are feeling unsafe, and recently, many MLAs have also received threats. It appears that the government is non-existent and there is no rule of law,” Hooda, a former CM, mentioned.
Extremely unhappy, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal tweeted.
“The murder of a police officer in Haryana is the result of the failure of the entire government system in Haryana. How will the public be safe where the police is not safe?” he mentioned.
The police have arrested one of many accused, recognized as Ikkar, a resident of Panchgaon village, who was a cleaner on the dumper.
The crime department staff nabbed Ikkar after a short trade of fireside, throughout which the accused was shot within the leg.
He has been admitted to Nalhar Medical College, Nuh. Efforts are on to arrest the absconding accused, the police mentioned.
The Nuh district is infamous for assaults on policemen by the mining mafia.
According to an officer, since 2015, about 50 complaints of unlawful mining have being registered yearly.
Singh was recruited as an assistant sub-inspector in Haryana Police in 1994 and was attributable to retire in 4 months. He belonged to Sarangpur village in Hisar and lived along with his household in Kurukshetra.
(With PTI Inputs)
