Overview
- The guard, Harikesh Gurjar, was run over on Wednesday near Ranpur on NH‑552 when a tractor loaded with sand sped through a Forest Department stop.
- Police filed a murder case, recovered petrol‑pump CCTV, and identified the driver as Vinod Kori, who remains on the run.
- Officers said the tractor belongs to BJYM functionary Sonu Chauhan, who was arrested on Thursday, with partner Pawan Tomar under investigation.
- Following the killing, the court’s amicus moved an application, and the Supreme Court scheduled a hearing for April 13 under its suo motu Chambal mining case.
- The incident fits a years‑long pattern of violent resistance by sand‑mining networks in the Chambal region and leaves Gurjar’s wife and two young children without their primary earner.