In a press release issued here on Friday, the PCB said a night patrol team on November 29 caught an illegal effluent tanker without a registration number, while discharging effluents in Nakka Vagu near Ismailkhanpet bridge in Sangareddy
The deceased B Motilal (24) of Bodagutta area in Kothagudem was hired by a tractor owner for alleged illegal transportation of sand. Over speeding was said to be the reason for the accident.
Additional DCP Naresh Kumar said that burnt ganja was seized in 13 cases in Khammam one-town, Tallada and Wyra police stations and smugglers involved in illegal transportation andillegal transportation were arrested.
Peeved by the police move to check their illegal activity, the sand smugglers attacked the police with hoes resulting in injuries to Venkatesh, Rajkumar and Srinivas.