A day after the clash between police and a group of villagers at Jalalpur in Haridwar district, police swung into action and arrested three persons on Thursday. During the clash with police, villagers had reportedly got freed the driver of a tractor laden with riverbed materials from the police custody. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning after a police party reached the area near Jalalpur village after receiving information about illegal mining of the riverbed material. As per the police claim, one person had opened fire in the air. According to Hardwar police, Roorkee police got secret information about illegal mining in Jawalapur area and subsequently, a police team led by ASP (Hardwar) P N Meena, who is 2012-batch IPS officer, reached there on Wednesday evening. The police team saw a tractor laden with riverbed materials in the area. Policemen team tried to stop the tractor. Ignoring the policemen’ attempt to stop the tractor, the driver managed to escape from the spot. “The driver even tried to hit the police vehicle,” Meena claimed.
