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Illegal mining: Yogi cracks whip on officers over alleged

laxityLucknow, Oct 29 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister YogiAdityanath today suspended four SHOs and two mininginspectors, and issued warnings to...

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laxityLucknow, Oct 29 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister YogiAdityanath today suspended four SHOs and two mininginspectors, and issued warnings to the District Magistratesand Superintendents of Police of Gonda and Mau districts overalleged laxity in curbing illegal mining, an official said.

The CM also directed departmental action against threesub divisional magistrates (SDMs) and as many circle officers(CO), an official spokesperson said here.

The CM has suspended the station house officers (SHOs) ofColonelganj, Umri Begamgunj and Nawabganj police stations inGonda as well as the SHO of Sarailakhansi police station inMau, he said adding that the mining inspectors of Mau andGonda were also suspended for their alleged failure inchecking illegal mining.

The chief minister warned Gonda DM Jitendra Bahadur Singhand SP Umesh Kumar Singh and also Mau DM Rishirendra Kumar andSP Lalit Kumar Singh for not keeping a tab on illegal miningactivities, the official spokesperson said.

Orders have been issued to initiate departmental actionagainst three SDMs and as many COs in both the districts, hesaid. PTI ABNADS.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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