Jharkhand forms SIT to investigate role of Railways in illegal transportation of minerals
The Jharkhand government has formed a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the role of Railways in the illegal transportation of minerals and asked the Railways to direct its officials to cooperate with this ‘high-level’ inquiry committee fully.
The direction comes after the government received “information” from various sources that “large quantities” of minerals were being transported or dispatched through Railways without valid e-challans.
“CM Soren has decided to fix the tenure of the SIT constituted by Mr Vinod Kumar Gupta (Retd. Chief Justice, Jharkhand High Court) as a member to investigate and prevent the role of Railways in illegal transportation of minerals within the state, for six months,” a press release by the Chief Minister’s Secretariat has said.
