Illegal sand mining leases: CBI carries out searches at 11 locations in UP, Uttarakhand

The Central Bureau of The investigation, CBI is today carrying out searches at around 11 locations in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in connection with illegal sand mining leases given in Saharanpur.

 

The move comes after the agency registered a fresh FIR in connection with the allocation of leases in



Saharanpur.

 

The CBI teams are conducting searches at around 11 locations including Saharanpur, Dehradun and Lucknow at the premises of the accused in a case related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of sand mining lease at Saharanpur.