Mining mafia arrested

ROURKELA: In a major breakthrough in illegal mining, Rourkela police arrested a millionaire mining-mafia Ganesh Prasad Jaiswal and sent him to judicial custody on Friday.   A case against Jaiswal was registered at Koida police station in Bonai sub-division after police, on September 14 night, found that villagers hired by him were engaged in illegal raising of iron-ore at Patmunda of Koida block. Investigation confirmed he was the kingpin. Rourkela SP Himanshu Lal said Jaiswal was directly involved in unlawful raising and disposal of iron ore in bulk quantities for long. Police said Jaiswal had settled at Koida  and also owns a palatial house at Civil Tonwship here. He was arrested from Rourkela. Around 20 tonnes of illegally mined iron ore, stacked at Patmunda,  were seized.