AK 47 AND CARTRIDGES RECOVERED FROM THE HIDEOUT OF SAND MAFIA IN THE FOOTHILLS OF SONE

AK 47 AND CARTRIDGES RECOVERED FROM THE HIDEOUT OF SAND MAFIA IN THE FOOTHILLS OF SONE

24-AUG-ENG 5

RAJIV NAYAN AGEAWAL

PATNA-----------------------Five months ago, on 9th April, “Tarunmitra” had published a prominent news with the title: Are the criminals, musclemen and sand mafias of the Son riverside area full of AK 47? On Sunday, STF and Patna police conducted a joint raid in Maner police station area and recovered one AK 47 and a number of cartridges from the sand mafia, thus confirming the news published by “Tarunmitra”. It was clearly mentioned in the news that who has how many AK 47s in which police station area of ​​Bhojpur and Patna district.

If we believe the sources or confirm the confirmed information, there are still four AK 47s in the villages Suarmarwa and Chaurasi situated at the foothills of Son in Maner police station area of ​​Patna district and the bullets are kept in sacks. Apart from this, there are many semi-automatic rifles of probated bore 30.06. Whose killing power is one and a half times that of AK 47. Similarly, the sand mafia of Berar Tola village of Ranital has one AK 47. The sand mafia of Iqbalganj Nisarpura village has 2 AK 47 and arms made in Nagaland have been purchased on license through illegal means. The sand mafia of Dhana Nisarpura village has many rifles looted from the police apart from 2 AK 47. A sand mafia of Paliganj also has two AK 47 and four semi-automatic rifles of probated bore 30.06. If one wants to dominate the illegal sand in the Son riverside area, then possessing AK 47 is considered a matter of pride and AK 47 proves to be powerful as well as helpful in the illegal sand business. The spy network of sand mafias involved in illegal sand business is spread from police station to many departments related to mining and police administration. Sand mafias used to get the information before senior officers/officials reached for the raid and had to return empty handed when the raid took place. Drivers and security personnel played an important role in leaking the information. For this, there is a fixed monthly payment and apart from this, gifts were also given. When the news of this reached the police headquarters, the raids started being planned in a very confidential manner. To take action against sand mafias, STF and Patna Police strengthened the information system much more than before and activated informers at the local level to gather information. Its benefits were clearly seen on Sunday. STF and Patna Police conducted a joint raid and recovered AK 47 from the sand mafia's hideout. This is a big achievement for Bihar Police and the fight for supremacy over illegal sand business and incidents are sure to decrease. Sand mafias have access to the system. Sand mafias who have AK 47 rifles are not only powerful but also have political protection. The national president of a party openly becomes the pride of the gathering of sand mafias. Many pictures of him wearing a silver crown keep going viral on social media. The said political party dominates 70% of the sand mafias of the state. Sand mafias give donations worth crores to the said political party. The party has been giving tickets to many in elections, sand mafias dominate ticket distribution.