This story is from August 7, 2021

Now, seized sand worth Rs 93cr ‘stolen’ in Rohtas

Now, seized sand worth Rs 93cr ‘stolen’ in Rohtas
SASARAM: Two days after three FIRs were lodged in connection with alleged theft of seized sand worth Rs 63 crore from the custody of licensee, three more FIRs were lodged on Friday with three different police stations in Rohtas district with regard to theft of another sand consignment worth Rs 93 crore, Bikarmganj DSP Raj Kumar said.
The new FIRs were lodged with Nasariganj, Darihat and Kachhawan police stations by mines inspector Anjay Kumar.
In these FIRs, the licensee, Aditya Multicom Company Private Limited, was made named accused. The seized stock was handed over to the “safe custody” of this firm. The seized sand was stored in 10 different places of the area.
In the FIR lodged with Nasariganj police station, mines inspector Anjay Kumar alleged that of the seized stock of about 100 lakh CFT sand, only 56 lakh CFT was found during physical verification of the consignment by a team on July 15 this year. “No satisfactory reply came from the company about the shortage of the sand. Similarly in Darihat and Kachhawn, major part of the stock was stolen and sold in open market,” the mines inspector alleged.
According to assistant mines and geology officer Rohtas Gopal Kumar, the total cost of the stolen sand is above Rs 98 crore.
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