Ashta police arrest man, 38, with 864g of ganja at a house
Ashta police arrested Sameer Khan, 38, after searching a house in Islampura and seizing 864 grams of ganja, the Sehore district police said. A case was registered against him under the NDPS Act, and police said the investigation was continuing.
🇮🇳 Islampura, Ashta, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh · India
- Arrested
- 1
- Charged
- 1
- Cannabis
- 864 g
Ashta police arrested Sameer Khan, 38, after searching a house in Islampura,
Ashta, in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh.[1] Officers acted on a tip that a
man was selling ganja from home.[1] They seized 864 grams of ganja, which was
in a clear plastic bag inside a white polythene bag, and weighed it on an
electronic scale.[1]
Khan, the son of Salim Khan, is a resident of Islampura, Ashta.[1] Police
registered a case against him under sections 8 and 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Act, India’s main drug law, and said the investigation
was continuing.[1] The operation was led by station house officer Raman Thakur
under the supervision of superintendent of police Sonakshi Saxena, additional
superintendent of police Prashant Chaubey and sub-divisional police officer
Damodar Gupta.[2]
The Sehore police said they were carrying out sustained action against the
illegal sale of narcotics in the district.[1] The superintendent’s office said
the crackdown on illegal activity would continue.[2]
Sources
- आष्टा में 864 ग्राम गांजे के साथ युवक गिरफ्तार: घर से बेचने की सूचना पर पुलिस ने दी दबिश; आरोपी के खिलाफ केस दर्ज. प्रदेश प्रकाश, 1 November 2026. In Hindi.
- थाना आष्टा पुलिस की बड़ी कार्रवाई: अवैध गांजे के साथ एक आरोपी गिरफ्तार!. SP Sehore, Madhya Pradesh Police, 31 October 2026. In Hindi.
Open questions the AI reported
- Neither source gives the date of the raid itself; 31 October 2026 is the date of the police statement and is used as the incident date.
- The newspaper page gives only a relative time, '15 hours ago', against a site clock reading 2 November 2026; its publication date of 1 November 2026 is inferred.
- No street value for the 864 grams was published.
- The sources say a case was registered but do not say whether a charge sheet was filed, whether Khan was produced in court or remanded, or how the case ended.
- The coordinates are for Ashta town, not the Islampura house, whose exact address is not given.
- Only the newspaper report and the police's own post were found; no independent second outlet was opened.