<p>Goa police have arrested 16 people for illegal iron ore mining.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Six persons were arrested at Morlem village, 40 km from Panaji, on Saturday, and 12 more were arrested yesterday.<br /><br />Police Inspector Siddhanth Shirodkar said the ore was stored at Cotombi, a village on the banks of Mandovi river, from where it was exported by ships.<br /><br />Officials said the plot where the iron ore was being mined illegally had been given to the some locals after their villages got inundated in floods.<br /><br />Kamlesh Bandekar, an activist of Bharat Swabhiman Trust of Baba Ramdev, had complained to the police in this regard.<br /><br />Several trucks ferrying the ore, driven by migrants from Jharkhand and Bihar, were confiscated during the police action. The plot owner too was arrested, police said.<br /><br />Leader of Opposition Pratapsingh Rane, who represents the area in the Assembly, demanded in the house today that the company which bought this ore needed to be investigated.</p>
<p>Goa police have arrested 16 people for illegal iron ore mining.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Six persons were arrested at Morlem village, 40 km from Panaji, on Saturday, and 12 more were arrested yesterday.<br /><br />Police Inspector Siddhanth Shirodkar said the ore was stored at Cotombi, a village on the banks of Mandovi river, from where it was exported by ships.<br /><br />Officials said the plot where the iron ore was being mined illegally had been given to the some locals after their villages got inundated in floods.<br /><br />Kamlesh Bandekar, an activist of Bharat Swabhiman Trust of Baba Ramdev, had complained to the police in this regard.<br /><br />Several trucks ferrying the ore, driven by migrants from Jharkhand and Bihar, were confiscated during the police action. The plot owner too was arrested, police said.<br /><br />Leader of Opposition Pratapsingh Rane, who represents the area in the Assembly, demanded in the house today that the company which bought this ore needed to be investigated.</p>