Beed, Nov 6 The Beed district administration has invoked the stringent Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) Act against two persons accused of involvement in several cases of illegal sand mining and other serious offences, an official said on Friday.
Kishore Shahadev Pawar (32) and Hanuman Shahadev Pawar (35), both residents of Gulaj village in Georai tehsil, were taken into custody and lodged in Harsul Central Prison in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar under preventive detention, he added.
“Kishore faces seven registered cases, while Hanuman is named in nine cases. The charges include illegal sand mining/theft, attempt to murder, issuing death threats, causing grievous hurt, unlawful assembly, rioting, assault on public servants, destruction of evidence, and caste-based abuse,” he said.
The proposal to invoke MPDA was forwarded by Chaklamba police station to collector and district magistrate Vivek Johnson, who approved it, the official informed.
(PTI News)
