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Joda, Feb 10: Mines officials and police seized about 70 tonne of illegally extracted iron ore from a place behind a luxury hotel here Tuesday.
Acting on a tip-off, deputy director of mines, Joda circle, Satyananda Sahu directed his staff to conduct a raid. A team comprising mines inspector Srikant Mohant, Pitambar Mohant, Subhendu Samal, Jogendranath Kuldi along with Joda IIC Saroj Mohapatra and sub-inspector Manoranjan Bisi raided the place at Bansapani area. They seized about seven truckloads of iron ore stocked behind the hotel. However, no one has been arrested.
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Forest department officials and the police had seized about 20 tonne of iron ore from the same area a few days ago. The seized iron ore was estimated at Rs 2 lakh.
