Three in the dock over illegal mining

MARGAO: The Sanguem police on Thursday registered an offence against Jakir Khan, Abral Khan and Ismail Khan on charges of carrying out alleged illegal mining in a property located at Cotarli, Sanguem. Police sources informed that an FIR was registered based on a complaint lodged by Ahmed Khan who had complained to the police that illegal mining was being carried out in his ancestral co-owned property by the accused thereby depriving him of proprietary rights and causing damage to the property.The complainant had pointed out that huge amount of mineral ore had been extracted illegally and without any permissions or approvalsfrom the concerned authorities.
Ahmed has been working abroad for the last several years and the case of alleged illegal mining in his ancestral property came to light during his latest visit to Goa in August 2011, police sources informed.