Mysuru | Feb 19, 2015: Replying to media queries, SP Abhinav Khare said that in January alone, a total of 64 vehicles were seized in 55 cases. They were booked under IPC and Mines and Minerals Act depending upon the nature of the crime. Among the vehicles seized, 42 were lorries, 13 tractors, four each canter and bullock carts and Tata Ace goods vehicle. However, the fine of Rs 5.70 lakh was collected from 33 vehicles after they were handed over to the authorities concerned for the imposition of fine, taking the total amount of fine levied and the value of sand seized to Rs 7.58 lakh.
A highest of Rs 2.55 lakh fine has been collected from eight cases in T Narsipur that also happens to be the nerve of sand mining, while 27 cases have been booked in Mysuru South police limits, with no fine being collected, according to the available statistics. At Bannur, Rs 65,000 fine has been collected from seven cases and Rs 75,000 at Talkad in seven cases, followed by Periyapatna (Rs 55,000 in one case), Bettadapura (Rs 85,000 from one case) and H D Kote (Rs 30,000 from two cases).
(Source: http://www.deccanherald.com/)