Sand mining ‘mafia’ leader granted bail | Noida News
Noida: Nine months after Sanjay Momnathal was booked under the stringent NSA Act for illegal sand mining, the ‘mafia’ leader was granted bail from Luksar jail in June.
Gautam Budh Nagar SSP Vaibhav Krishna told TOI that he has been granted bail by the Allahabad high court on procedural grounds stating that his notice of NSA extension “did not reach him on time”.
In August last year, the district administration had slapped Section 3(2) of the NSA Act against Sanjay for being involved in illegal sand mining in the district as he had tried to change the natural course of the Yamuna river by building miniature dams near Tilwada village.
Sanjay has also been declared a “wanted” offender, who is also booked in connection with the murder case of Bhanwar Singh from Faridabad’s Mujeri village on June 22.
Singh was shot allegedly by a group of men over rivalry, the police said.
The crime branch officers said Sanjay and his wife, Beerbati, had given the accused weapons, which were used in the crime, money and shelter.
Faridabad’s DLF crime branch incharge Sanjiv Kumar said on Tuesday they arrested Beerbati on June 22 following a raid at her house in Greater Noida’s Momnathal but Sanjay had then managed to flee the spot.
However, the Gautam Budh Nagar police said they are unaware of her arrest.
“Sanjay is the uncle of Amit, one of the main accused, and had provided shelter in his house,” Kumar said.
The Faridabad police have arrested five accused in the case with six more on the run, said the victim's brother Kanwar Singh.
Sanjay has been booked in over 17 cases under the Mines and Minerals Act, Gangster Act and multiple cases of theft, attempt to murder, assault on government official and extortion in different police stations of Greater Noida.
The NSA was invoked after the irrigation department and police claimed that Sanjay’s activities had the potential to disrupt the flora and fauna of western Uttar Pradesh and affect the livelihood of thousands of people.
While the NSA ascertains that Sanjay would have remained imprisoned for at least one year, he had applied for bail in the High Court challenging his detention whose name had recently come to the fore in connection with the sensation murder case of BJP worker Dharmendra alias Dharmi in Dadri.
Gautam Budh Nagar SSP Vaibhav Krishna told TOI that he has been granted bail by the Allahabad high court on procedural grounds stating that his notice of NSA extension “did not reach him on time”.
In August last year, the district administration had slapped Section 3(2) of the NSA Act against Sanjay for being involved in illegal sand mining in the district as he had tried to change the natural course of the Yamuna river by building miniature dams near Tilwada village.
Sanjay has also been declared a “wanted” offender, who is also booked in connection with the murder case of Bhanwar Singh from Faridabad’s Mujeri village on June 22.
Singh was shot allegedly by a group of men over rivalry, the police said.
The crime branch officers said Sanjay and his wife, Beerbati, had given the accused weapons, which were used in the crime, money and shelter.
Faridabad’s DLF crime branch incharge Sanjiv Kumar said on Tuesday they arrested Beerbati on June 22 following a raid at her house in Greater Noida’s Momnathal but Sanjay had then managed to flee the spot.
However, the Gautam Budh Nagar police said they are unaware of her arrest.
“Sanjay is the uncle of Amit, one of the main accused, and had provided shelter in his house,” Kumar said.
The Faridabad police have arrested five accused in the case with six more on the run, said the victim's brother Kanwar Singh.
Sanjay has been booked in over 17 cases under the Mines and Minerals Act, Gangster Act and multiple cases of theft, attempt to murder, assault on government official and extortion in different police stations of Greater Noida.
The NSA was invoked after the irrigation department and police claimed that Sanjay’s activities had the potential to disrupt the flora and fauna of western Uttar Pradesh and affect the livelihood of thousands of people.
While the NSA ascertains that Sanjay would have remained imprisoned for at least one year, he had applied for bail in the High Court challenging his detention whose name had recently come to the fore in connection with the sensation murder case of BJP worker Dharmendra alias Dharmi in Dadri.
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