category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh Shiromani Akali Dal today exposed indulgence of AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura and his brother in law Nishan Singh in large scale illegal mining in Tarn Taran even as party announced to approach Punjab and Haryana High Court to get this matter probed by CBI and it also condemned transfer of upright officers in lieu of protection given to mining mafia and Gangster in the state by Bhagwant Mann led AAP government. Addressing a press conference at party head office here today along with one Jaswinder Kaur whose land was misused by these persons for illegal mining, senior SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia said that said that this coterie of Nishan Singh and his team starts its business of illegal mining at of night which continues till early in the morning. He said that MLA Lalpura himself leads carvan of machines and vehicles being used for illegal mining and last vehicle in the carvan is security vehicle of MLA. Displaying videos and pictures of their indulgence in illegal mining Majithia questioned who uses such machinery in routine He said that Nishan Singh and their coterie was owner of such machinery at large scale including poclain machines, JCBs, tractor trolleys and others. He also displayed pictures in which Nishan Singh can be seen standing himself itself and supervising illegal mining operation at sites. He can also be seen collecting money and having bundle of notes in his hand. He said that team of CIA carried out raids at illegal mining site because local police was hand in glove with AAP MLA and his team. He said that vehicles which were being used in illegal mining, their registration numbers were part of FIR registered by police against these persons who were involved. He said that land at Village Biharipur was also exploited by this gang and large quantity of sand was extracted by them. He also disclosed how mining inspector had confiscated machinery used by Nishan Singh and his team of August 7, 2023 which was subsequently released under pressure from government. (editor dailyworld.in)