Labourer crushed to death at stone crusher owned by Ex-MLC
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: As an offshoot of the government and illegal stone crushers nexus in Jammu, a labourer lost his life when he was crushed to death under a tipper at a stone crusher owned by an Ex-MLC in Sidhra area on Monday evening.
As per the details, labourer Naresh Kumar, son of Gauran Ditta, resident of Toota’n Di Khui who was loading stones in a Tipper (JK02CE-8774) at Northern Stone Crusher owned by former MLC Mohd Hussain got crushed under the tipper when its driver Bansi Lal, son of Mansa Ram, resident of Sangadh was reversing the vehicle.
In incident, Naresh died on the spot while driver fled from the spot. On receiving the information, Sidhra police reached the spot and seized the tipper.
After legal formalities, the body was handed over to the family. Later, the driver Bansi Lal was arrested by police.
The mafias’ callousness, greed and treachery has already hit the common-man and hugely impacted construction sector in Jammu due to overnight hike in the construction material like sand, crushed stones etc. Reason being the nexus between the stone crusher owners and the Department of Geology & Mining.
The illegal stone crushers are running without seeking any permission or requisite license from licensing authorities. The owners and proprietors of stone crushers are highly influential persons and they are easily managing the electricity connections. Even the proposal to fix prices of material from these illegal stone crushers has been kept in cold storage to support the operators.
Commenting on illegal operation of stones crushers in Jammu, senior congress leader and former minister Yogesh Sawhney said the District Administration has also maintained a criminal silence for all these illegalities solely to shield Mafia with ulterior motives.
“We have number of times appealed to the Lieutenant Governor J&K to ensure a transparent high-level probe into illegal running of the stone crushers so that the responsibility be fixed and action be initiated against the erring officers found involved in this mess,” Sawhney said.