Team Goemkarponn
PERNEM: Pernem police have registered an offence against two men from Maharashtra for allegedly stealing and illegally transporting river sand worth approximately Rs 50,000 in the Pernem area.
According to police, the offence was registered on October 28 at 5.07 pm following a complaint lodged by PSI Jayprakash Jankar of Pernem police station.
The incident reportedly took place at around 2.45 am on October 28 near Goan Spice restaurant on the Naibag-Malpe Road at Poraskadem, Pernem.
The accused have been identified as Aniket Bandivdekar (27), a businessman from Niravde, Sawantwadi, and Namdev Rawool (28), a driver from Talavade, Sawantwadi, both in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra.
As per the complaint, the accused allegedly committed theft of river sand, classified as a minor mineral, from an unknown source and subsequently transported it in two Eicher tipper trucks bearing registration numbers MH-07-C-5389 and MH-04-HD-0732, respectively.
The stolen sand has been valued at approximately Rs 50,000.
Further investigation is in progress with PSI Jayprakash Jankar of Pernem police station.
