Youth buried alive during illegal mining in UP

A 22-year-old youth was allegedly buried alive while he was loading sand in a tractor trolley in Rajapur village here.

As per the complaint filed by the deceased's father, the incident occurred while the sand mafia was carrying out illegal mining on the banks of a river here yesterday, Superintendent of Police R P Pandey said.

An FIR was lodged against Chota Bauva of Motihari village in this connection today, he said.