LUDHIANA: In a sensational revelation, Directorate of Enforcement’s (ED) preliminary investigation in the raids conducted on several stone crushers in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab has revealed that Rs. 35 crore worth of illegal mining was done by the accused in the areas of Una Himachal Pradesh and Ropar Punjab.
Notably since Monday, Chandigarh based zonal office of ED had been conducting raids in Una, Nangal, Ropar, Jalandhar, Mohali, Panchkula in connection with illegal mining by stone crushers in the river Swan between Haroli of Himachal Pradesh and Nangal of Punjab. The raids concluded on Friday evening but ED sleuths are still doing physical survey of the areas where illegal mining was done by the accused.
