Cop crushed by sand mafia: 10 teams on task to hunt down the perpetrators

Agra: A day after constable Sonu Chaudhary was crushed to death by goons of sand mafia, Agra police on Monday formed ten teams to track down and arrest the accused.

The 24-year-old constable was trying to stop the accused smuggling illegal sand from Rajasthan to Agra’s Kheragarh in tractor-trolleys on Sunday night when he was crushed to death.

Police, meanwhile, conducted raids at possible hideouts of the accused in the vicinity of Khergarh and detained a few people for questioning. “Raids are also being conducted in the bordering state of Rajasthan in coordination with the local police. The accused will be nabbed soon,” SP (city) Botrey Rohan Pramod, who is also officiating SSP, told TOI.

SP (West) Ravi Kumar, meanwhile, said around 100 police personnel were conducting raids to nab the accused. “Police have identified a few suspects and will soon be interrogating them. It is, however, difficult to trace perpetrators hiding in the treacherous Chambal terrain,” added Kumar.