4 sand smugglers held with arms in Nalanda

BIHARSHARIF: The Nalanda police on Monday arrested four people for their alleged involvement in illegal sand mining and recovered firearms and marijuana from them.
The police action came after a video went viral on Sunday in which over 10 people were seen firing bullets and thrashing one of their co-villagers.
Biharsharif sadar SDPO Shibli Nomani said police raided Bahuara village under the Manpur police station area on Monday and arrested four illegal sand smugglers – Damodar Prasad, Sundar Kumar, Siya Sharan and Brijnanda Yadav.
Nomai added three country-made rifles, a 0.315 bore rifle, a country-made pistol, 15 crude bombs, 18 live and used cartridges, nine tractors used for transporting illegally-mined sand and 500 grams of marijuana were recovered from the possession of the arrested people.
He said two rival groups had exchanged several rounds of fire on Sunday to establish their hold on sand mining. “An FIR has been lodged against 12 named and several unnamed criminals and raids are on to arrest them,” he added.