₹6.2 crore worth red sanders dump seized, key accused nabbed
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Police conduct raid in Hosur district of T.N.
The Chittoor police on Sunday evening raided a red sanders dump and seized 8.4 tonnes of logs worth about ₹6.2 crore, and arrested a key accused on the outskirts of Bommanapalle village of Hosur taluk of Krishnagiri district.
Speaking to the media right here on Monday, Superintendent of Police S. Senthil Kumar stated that he together with DIG (Anantapur), Kanthi Rana Tata and Deputy SP (Madanapalle) A. Ravi Manohar Achari had fashioned a particular crew to undertake a particular raid in Tamil Nadu, based mostly on info from a red sanders smuggling accused on Saturday final.
The SP stated that within the early hours of Saturday, a police crew nabbed an accused close to Chittoor. During interrogation, it was revealed that one Dasthagiri Imran Khan alias Imran Bhai (29), a resident of Bengaluru, was working a secret godown in Krishnagiri district, procuring the red sanders logs and transporting them to Mumbai and New Delhi.On Sunday evening, a flash raid was performed on the Tamil Nadu location, resulting in the arrest of Dasthagiri Imran Khan, and seizure of the massive dump, which was later shifted to the District Police Office grounds in Chittoor. The accused was booked beneath numerous sections of the IPC and was lodged at sub-jail in Chittoor on remand.
The SP warned that the operatives who fail to cease their unlawful errands can be booked beneath the PD Act and handled sternly.
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