INDIA
The plaint had alleged that about five lakh metric tonnes of iron ore seized and stacked at the port by the forest department had disappeared.
The criminal investigation department (CID) has filed its first chargesheet in connection with the alleged theft of iron ore from the Belekeri port near Ankola in Uttara Kannada district.
The chargesheet filed on Friday was based on a complaint registered by the assistant conservator of forests (ACF). The plaint had alleged that about five lakh metric tonnes of iron ore seized and stacked at the port by the forest department had disappeared.
According to the chargesheet, Mahesh Biliya, Belekeri port conservator, who was entrusted with the custody of the seized iron ore by the court, conspired with some iron ore export firms and also with a stevedore operating in the port, Salgaonkar Mining Industries Private Limited, and helped the stevedore in siphoning off the iron ore from the port yard and exporting the same.
Salgaonkar allegedly exported 50,250.610 metric tonnes of stolen iron ore from the port.
Its sister concern, Tungabhadra Minerals Private Limited, also stole 23,504.300 metric tonnes of the ore and sold the same to Salgaonkar.
Of this, 15,416.240 metric tonnes of iron ore was exported.
Another company, Gimpex Limited, too allegedly stole and exported 31,884.850 metric tonnes of iron ore.
The export of 97,551.700 metric tonnes of stolen iron ore had resulted in loss of Rs44.31 crore to the state exchequer.
Charges under Sections 379, 411, 109 and 120(B) read with Section 35 of the Indian Penal Code have been slapped against Rama Subba Reddy, executive director of Tungabhadra Minerals; Ramachandra Vasu Naik, Salgaonkar’s senior manager and K Chandran, supervisor of Gimpex.
The chargesheet, filed before the chief judicial magistrate and first class judicial magistrate of Ankola, also stated that the Belekeri port was sub-leased to four stevedores, who allegedly conspired with some export companies in shipping the stolen iron ore.
The first stage of the probe focused on Salgaonkar’srole in the iron ore theft. Further investigations are on.
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