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Guwahati: The Tinsukia District Committee of the International Human Rights Council claims a massive illegal coal operation is stripping the North Eastern Coalfields of Coal India Limited. The group alleges that 67 dumpers hauled stolen coal from Deep Mine and Jharna Basti throughout the afternoon of September 31. This haul took place between 2:30 pm and 6 pm. The trucks navigated through the Itakhola Turning area and crossed a railway line to reach five separate coke kilns.
General Secretary L Ratan Singh points fingers at personnel from the NEC security team, railway authorities, and Ledo Police. The committee questions how such a brazen daylight operation escaped the notice of the Assam Police Battalion, the Tinsukia DRM, the Digboi DFO, and the Tinsukia DTO. They are now hunting for answers regarding who authorized the mining and who kept the railway crossing open for the trucks. Evidence suggests the route was later blocked with soil to cover tracks. Many of the dumpers operated without registration plates.
The IHRC is digging into an October 1 letter from the Assam Police Battalion requesting a joint probe at the site. They suspect an NEC official named Hazarika leaked the supposedly confidential document to coal syndicate players. The organization demands an impartial investigation into these potential payoffs. They plan to send a full report to the Prime Minister's Office. The committee stated, "If the alleged irregularities are not addressed, it may make the names of those concerned public along with supporting evidence and submit the material to central investigating authorities."
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