Mohali, May 16 -- Dera Bassi police have booked a tanker driver for allegedly dumping hazardous chemical waste into a drain near Mubarakpur, as it created a foul smell in the area and posed a health risk to nearby residents.

The accused was identified as Pradeep Singh, a resident of Shahpur village in Haryana's Ambala district.

According to police, the action followed a tip-off received by a police team during a special patrol near the Mubarakpur police post on Wednesday evening. The informer told police that a white tanker bearing registration number HR-37-E-7584 was regularly used to transport waste chemicals collected from factories in Himachal Pradesh and dump them into the focal point drain near Mubarakpur.

Police said the illegal...