Maharashtra to invoke MCOCA against sand mafia

Last Updated: Monday, July 16, 2012, 17:13

Maharashtra government on Monday said that whoever is involved in illegal dredging of sand from rivers and creeks would be booked under the stringent provisions of the MCOCA.

MP: Sand mafia attack police, get away with seized vehicle

Last Updated: Saturday, June 16, 2012, 19:24

Suspected members of sand mining mafia today allegedly attacked police and fled away with a sand-laden tractor-trolley seized by the cops in the district.

Official`s jeep set afire in Maharashtra

Last Updated: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 14:16

The jeep of a local official cracking down on the sand mafia was set on fire early Thursday in rural Maharashtra, injuring its driver, police said.

NCP leader flashes pistol, suspended

Last Updated: Monday, April 2, 2012, 13:48

Two NCP politicians, including the city unit head of Maharashtra`s Roha town, have been booked for allegedly threatening a local official.

BJP leader among two held for illegal mining in MP

Last Updated: Sunday, March 11, 2012, 12:57

Police arrested a person for firing at cops probing illegal sand mining, even as a Morena BJP leader was held for allegedly assaulting officers.

Sand mafia attacks cops, officials in MP

Last Updated: Saturday, March 10, 2012, 17:43

Within two days of the killing of an IPS officer by the mining mafia, there was another attack on police and government officials in the state.

`Maha to impose MCOCA on sand mafia if needed`

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 20:16

Maharashtra Government on Wednesday told the Legislative Assembly that stringent provisions of the MCOCA would be invoked against the sand mafia wherever necessary.

Maharashtra official attacked by sand mafia

Last Updated: Saturday, January 29, 2011, 11:35

Even as the dust has yet to settle over Malegaon Additional District Collector Yashwant Sonawane’s gruesome murder by the oil mafia, another government official was attacked in Maharashtra, this time by the sand mafia.

Oil and sand mafia are ruling Maharashtra: Munde

Last Updated: Friday, January 28, 2011, 00:20

Oil and sand Mafia have spread their tentacles all over Maharashtra and government officers are not secure, senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde said here on Thursday.

SDM attacked by suspected sand mafia members

Last Updated: Monday, May 17, 2010, 17:23

Suspected members of a sand mining mafia on Monday fired at a Sub-Divisional Magistrate when he tried to stop them from indulging in illegal activity in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh.