A truck driver and three others, who were allegedly transporting dredged sand in Raigad district, were arrested by Mangaon police after a complaint was lodged by tehsildar Mahesh Sagar (44). Sagar alleged that the driver had tried to run over him when he had signalled the truck to halt.The incident occured in the wee hours of Saturday in Mangaon on the Mumbai-Goa highway. The four accused (name withheld) — truck driver, two cleaners and the truck owner — are residents of Mahad, Goregaon, Ambet and Ratnagiri. They have been booked under IPC sections 307, 353, 506 and 34.
According to police, the tehsildar had laid a trap on Mumbai-Goa highway near Mangaon on Friday night to nab miscreants allegedly transporting illegally dredged sand from a creek. Around 12.30 am, when the team spotted a suspicious truck heading towards Mumbai, they signalled it to halt. But the driver instead accelerated and attempted to run over them and sped away. The tehsildar’s team then gave a chase and intercepted the truck near Wighavali-Indapur. The driver managed to escape then while three others were held. The driver was nabbed five hours later.