Digital Goa, Mar 28 – A raid conducted by the Directorate of Mines and Geology at Paryemol, Cola, Canacona, led to the arrest of three individuals for illegal extraction and theft of laterite stone using a power tiller machine without the necessary permits. The accused—Kumar Chalwadi (Bagalkot, Karnataka), Santosh Surin (Jharkhand), and Narayan (Jharkhand)—allegedly caused a loss of Rs 10 lakh to the state.
