Silvester D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur
Kundapur, Dec 21: Revenue inspector Shankar Shetty along with other village accountants conducted raids on illegal laterite stone mining quarries in Ajri, Kodladi, Kudrebeer Katte and Kenjimane.
Acting on a tip off from local people, the raids were conducted by the officials.
It is learnt that the quarries belong to Sudhkar Shetty, Devidas Shetty and Ajith Shetty. The quarries were done in Ajri with survey number 196 and 198. However survey number 198 belongs to government which comprises of 5.4 acre land.
Two Lorries used for transporting laterite stones and sand were seized.
Village accountants Kantaraj Hemmadi, Ashok Kumar Aloor, Shiva Keraadi, Prakash Vandse, Ravishankar Katbalthur, Raghvendra were present along with the revenue inspector.