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FIRs, intimidation, and death: Reporting on sand mining remains perilous in MP -Akanksha Kumar

-Newslaundry.com

Journalists face wrath of authorities and illegal sand mining mafia MP’s Khargone.

Pradeep Gangle, 35, was following up on a lead on illegal sand mining on July 1 earlier this year. He found mounds of sand stored in Khargone district’s Umar Khali village, which could potentially be loaded onto 1,000 trolleys. There are 30 designated spots in Khargone district where sand mining is allowed but this place in Umar Khali village isn’t among them.

Later in the day, Gangle, a journalist who runs his own YouTube channel, Nation Today, went to the office of the Khargone District Mining Officer Sawan Singh Chouhan to follow up on his story with recorded footage of the stored sand.

The godown in question belongs to a Khargone-based company called Anant Constructions. It is owned by Dinesh Yadav who happens to be BJP Yuva Morcha President.

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