AGRA, June 6 -- High-voltage drama unfolded at the Barsana police station in Mathura after police seized a tractor, trolley and a JCB machine allegedly engaged in illegal sand mining. A representative of a UP minister was accused of interfering in the matter and allegedly securing the release of the accused from the police lock-up. Police on Saturday registered a case against those accused of misbehaving with personnel and arrested an individual.

However, Mathura senior superintendent of police (SSP) Shlok Kumar said the accused had not been formally arrested when the minister's representative arrived at the police station. Therefore, it could not be said that anyone had been forcibly freed from the lock-up, he said, adding that unidenti...