SDM leading crackdown on illegal mining suspended

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Press Trust of India Lucknow
Last Updated : Jul 28 2013 | 2:45 PM IST
The Sub-Divisional magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar, in news recently for clamping down on illegal mining in her district, has been placed under suspension, official sources said.
"Durga Shakti Nagpal, the 2009-batch IAS officer posted as SDM (Sadar) of GB Nagar, (was) suspended late yesterday by Uttar Pradesh government after a dispute related to a religious place," a senior official said here.
He, however, refused to elaborate.
Nagpal had led a crackdown on unauthorised mining in the district and got over two dozen FIRs registered against those involved in illegally removing sand.
Special flying squads were formed by her to stop the raging menace along the Yamuna and Hindon rivers in western UP.
Meanwhile, opposition parties have alleged that the suspension order has come under pressure from the mining mafia.
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First Published: Jul 28 2013 | 2:45 PM IST

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