Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 12: The police seized three vehicles involved in illegal mineral extraction during a crackdown in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district today.
An official spokesperson said the operation was carried out in the Nallah Rambi, where officers seized a JCB machine, a dumper and a tractor suspected to have been used for unauthorised mining activities. “In this connection, a case under FIR No. 59/2026 has been registered under Section 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 3 of the PPD Act, while further investigation has been taken up,” he said.