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The Upalokayukta B. Veerappa has censured the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nagamangala Cheluvaraju, for “shirking his organization responsibility” successful preventing unauthorised proscription of insignificant minerals.
The Upalokayukta’s rap came successful effect to the comments submitted by Mr. Cheluvaraju during the proceedings held earlier this week successful the lawsuit relating to the decease of a motortruck operator aft the tipper helium was driving fell into a heavy gorge created by amerciable mining successful Bellur Police Station limits successful Nagamangala taluk.
After the Deputy Superintendent of Police, successful his connection submitted earlier the Upalokayukta done the Assistant Sub Inspector of Bellur Police Station, stated that “it was not his premier work to forestall amerciable mining arsenic the authorities is intending to found a abstracted committee for the aforesaid and besides being a constabulary officer, helium is nether tremendous unit to bash different works,” the Upalokayukta said the constabulary official’s connection was against the provisions of the Karnataka Minor Minerals Concessions (KMCC) Rules.
Under the rules, Deputy Superintendents of Police are designated arsenic authorised officers empowered to cheque vehicles transporting insignificant minerals and instrumentality enactment against violations wrong their jurisdiction, the Upalokayukta observed.
By claiming that helium would enactment lone upon complaints, the Deputy Superintendent of Police has failed to discharge his ineligible duties and undermined the regulatory model intended to curb amerciable mining. This was viewed by the authorization not lone arsenic a dereliction of work but besides arsenic maladministration, particularly successful airy of the information that the mishap itself was a effect of amerciable mining enactment that should person been prevented done regular checks and enforcement.
Expressing astonishment implicit the mismatch successful the registration fig of the tipper lorry and its chassis number, the Upalokayukta directed the Deputy Superintendent of Police to furnish the elaborate accusation regarding the enforcement measures taken implicit the past 2 years, including the fig of officers deployed for mineral transport checks, vehicles inspected, violations detected, and actions taken, including seizures and prosecutions.
Further, the Upalokayukta said a transcript of the bid is to beryllium sent to Director General of Police (DGP), Inspector of Police, Southern Range, Mysuru, and Superintendent of Mandya District Police with a petition to “enlighten” the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nagamangala, and besides different constabulary officers successful the State astir their relation successful prevention of unauthorised proscription of insignificant minerals.
