Overview

• Police raided the Sujanpur unit on August 12 after a tip-off, seizing heavy machinery, a tractor, a DVR, and about 50 tipper loads of boulders.
• An FIR was registered under Section 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
• The chief minister identified Praveen Sharma, his nephew Umesh Sharma, Munshi Satish Sharma, and Sanjay Kumar as accused, noting a power-of-attorney transfer on November 4 last year.
• Officials said the accused have filed anticipatory bail applications as investigators obtain bank records and send DVR footage to RFSL Junga for forensic examination.
• Sukhu warned that collusion by local officials is being examined, while BJP MLA Ashish Sharma denied wrongdoing and called the action a political vendetta.