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Bihar Samrat Choudhary News: Home Minister Samrat Choudhary had recently said that sand mafia, land mafia, liquor mafia will not be spared at any cost, strict action will be taken under CCA. Now action has started on this and on Monday night, the district administration in Patna Digha raided the illegal sand market and seized 28 tractors.
Patna. Following the order of Home Minister Samrat Chaudhary, the district administration has taken major action against illegal sand mining and sale in Patna. A raid was conducted at 1 o’clock in the night in Digha police station area, where an illegal sand market was running on the roadside. The administration seized 28 tractors (including trolleys), registered a case against the vehicle owners, and imposed a fine of Rs 32 lakh. Patna DM Thiagarajan has said that a special drive will be run against illegal mining, the help of drones and hi-tech voting will be taken. Sand mafia, land mafia, liquor mafia will not be spared at any cost, strict action will be taken under CCA.
A major raid at 1 am in Digha police station area created panic among the gangs of illegal sand mining and sales. The district administration team suddenly raided the unauthorized sand market built on the roadside where sand was being sold openly from tractors. In this action, vehicles including 28 tractors and trolleys were seized, while an FIR was registered against the vehicle owners at Digha police station. A total fine of Rs 32 lakh was imposed. Let us tell you that this campaign is being run after the recent instructions of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Samrat Chaudhary who had ordered to take strict action against illegal mining.
light in the shadow of night
According to the information, a joint team of District Mining Department and Police conducted this surgical strike on the basis of information. Sand mafia was active in the temporary market built on Digha-Chhapra road, who were selling sand illegally extracted from river Ganga. There was no resistance during the raid, but the size of the business can be gauged from the number of vehicles seized. Officials said that these tractors were being operated without any valid permit, which was a violation of both environment and law. Let us tell you that on December 6, Samrat Chaudhary had instructed the police officers to immediately seize the vehicles of illegal mining and auction them.
Special operation against mafia
After the action, Patna District Magistrate S. M. Rajasekaran Thiagarajan said that action will be taken against all sand mafia under CCA (Criminal Contract Act). A special drive will be run against illegal mining, in which drones and hi-tech boats will be used. He warned that no leniency would be taken against organized gangs of land mafia, sand mafia and liquor mafia. If caught, strictest action will be taken. Let us tell you that recently in the Assembly, Samrat Chaudhary himself had said that the bulldozer action against the mafia will continue.
Statewide cleanliness campaign
This raid is a part of the ongoing statewide campaign against illegal mining in Bihar. In July 2025 itself, a fine of Rs 4.60 crore was imposed in Patna district, in which more than 90 vehicles were seized. According to the information, the special team formed under the leadership of Samrat Chaudhary is keeping an eye on the paper leak as well as the mining mafia. Now the mafia’s back is going to be broken due to drone survey and real-time monitoring. Environmentalists believe that this will stop uncontrolled mining on the banks of the Ganga, which causes floods and soil erosion.
