Two days after the sand mining mafia attacked a police team in Panna district, Madhya Pradesh government on Monday removed a police station incharge for allegedly abetting the illegal activity.
Ajaygarh station incharge Aslam Khan's alleged "partnership" with sand mafia was disclosed during interrogation of the kingpin and former dacoit Kuber Singh who is accused of opening fire on a team comprising revenue and police officials at Chandipatha, about 80 km away from Panna two days back.
Kuber has alleged that Khan was having a partnership of nearly 60 per cent in the illegal sand mining in the area.
"Following the revelation, Panna SP Anil Maheshwari line-attached (removed from field duty) Khan so that he cannot influence the probe in the matter," Chattarpur Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ved Prakash Sharma told reporters.
The sand mafia in Panna district had erected a makeshift earthen bridge across the Ken river for transporting sand illegally to Uttar Pradesh which was later demolished by the team of revenue and police officials.
Besides Kuber, his accomplices Gambhir Singh, Ram Singh and two others, who are absconding, have been booked for the attack, police said.
