Jhansi: Additional SP Banda, Mahendra Pratap Singh Chauhan was suspended on Tuesday late at night while DM Anand Kumar Singh-II was discussed with complaints of uncontrolled illegal mining activities in the district.
Chauhan was replaced by Laxmi Niwas Mishra, which was posted as an assistant commander, PAC 2ND Battalion, Sitapur while Anurag Patel had been charged with DM.
According to an order late Tuesday issued by additional Secretary Secretary Avanish Kumar Awasthi, it has been stated that a number of complaints have been accepted against Chauhan, which has been posted in Banda since June 2020, regarding extortion from Mafias and allows illegal entry of sand trucks and mud trucks from MP.
After a detailed investigation by the Special Task Force (STF) of certain cellphone numbers supported in the name of SP Singh, further facts about this problem are revealed.
The order also mentioned that Chauhan had a picture contaminated from the start and has been questioned during the previous post too.
He has issued a tight warning by exploring the previous range of Banda.
Local sources from Banda revealed to Toi who were released from illegal mining, Chauhan also had charges against him to close his eyes to gambling activities in the regardless district was also observed that the sale of drugs in various local bags also increased.