INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BHOPAL: Prashann Singh, a Madhya Pradesh revenue official, was crushed to death under a tractor by sand mining mafia in Shahdol district
late Saturday.Police arrested tractor driver Shubham Vishwakarma (22), and the vehicle owner, Narayan Singh, both residents of Maihar
They were booked for murder, Shahdol ADG DC Sagar said.Prashann Singh, 40, was a patwari in Beohari revenue division.An ex-serviceman, he
was an honest and diligent official of the revenue department, said his seniors
The murder, which took place at Gopalpur village on the banks of River Son, 565km east of Bhopal, around 11pm Saturday, was the latest in a
drive against illegal mining and transportation of sand
patwaris and police personnel carried out an operation in Gopalpur till 8.30pm and made seizures, said the collector
transportation is usually carried out at night
stop, but he rammed him and ran over his body
His head was crushed and he died on the spot
