Srinagar : Police Wednesday said that it has arrested two persons involved in illegal extraction and transportation of minerals in Baramulla besides seized 2 vehicles from their possession.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar Police said that a police party of Police Station Tangmarg under the supervision of SDPO Tangmarg seized two vehicles (Tractors) and arrested two persons (drivers) identified as Fayaz Ahmad Wani S/o Ab Jabar Wani R/o Check Treran & Mukhtar Ahmad Wani S/o Mohd Fareed R/o Ferozpora at Shrai Tangmarg for being involved in illegal extraction and transportation of minerals.
Stating that the police has accordingly registered a case under relevant sections of law at Police Station Tangmarg and initiated further investigation into the case, Police in the concluding para of it’s above quoted statement appealed people not to indulge in any kind of illegal mining activities from any Nallah as it is the violation of Government rules and warned that people found indulging in any kind of illegal mining activities shall be dealt as per law.
