NSA against mining don Momnanthan's son too, says Noida admin

Noida administration Thursday invoked the National Security Act against the son of sand mining don Sanjay Momnathan, in a rare case in which a father-son duo has been booked under the tough law that prevents bail to accused.

Bhupendra Momnathan, 28, has been operating the illegal businesses of his father Sanjay Momnathan, who is presently in jail and was booked under the NSA last year for illegally constructing a dam on the Yamuna River to carry out illegal sand mining, officials said.

The action was taken by District Magistrate Brajesh Narain Singh, following a report by district police chief Vaibhav Krishna and the Irrigation Department, they said.

Bhupendra is currently held under judicial custody at the Dadri police station and his bail plea is scheduled to come up for hearing on June 12 at the Allahabad High Court, Singh said.

"There is a high probability of the accused getting bail and then again engaging in illegal activities and may again target the Yamuna River to construct ..