Bhupdevpur police arrested Dhaneshwar Kumhar, 62, of Binjkot Kumhardipa and Thakur Prasad Patel, 39, of Darramuda village after a tip-off about ganja being carried through Binjkot in Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh.[1][2][3] Officers found four packets of ganja wrapped in khaki tape in the plastic bag Kumhar was carrying on foot from Binjkot towards Darramuda.[1][4][3] The ganja weighed 4.110 kg, which police estimated was worth about 60,000 rupees.[1][4][3]

Kumhar admitted in questioning that he had kept the ganja for sale.[1] Questioning of Kumhar pointed to Patel as helping buy and sell the ganja, and Patel confessed when officers detained and questioned him.[1][2][5] Police also recovered and seized 500 rupees in ganja-sale proceeds from Patel.[1][4][3] Both men were booked at Bhupdevpur police station in crime number 141/2026 under sections 20(b) and 29 of the NDPS Act, India’s narcotics law, and sent to judicial remand, custody while the case continues.[1][6][3]

Nai Dunia reported the same Bhupdevpur case in Binjkot, describing two smugglers arrested with more than 4 kg of ganja.[7] Kelo Pravah carried the same Bhupdevpur police account of both men being arrested under NDPS sections 20(b) and 29 and sent to judicial remand.[8] The arrest came under Operation Aghaat, a special drive ordered by Raigarh superintendent of police Shashi Mohan Singh against the illegal drug trade.[1][2][3] Inspector Roshan Kumar Kaushik, the Bhupdevpur station house officer, led the team with trainee sub-inspector Praveen Kumar Bandhav.[1][6] Police said they were still looking for others linked to the ganja trade, under the guidance of Kharsia sub-divisional police officer Satish Bhargav and deputy superintendent Uttam Pratap Singh.[1]

Hindusthan Samachar reported that Bhupdevpur police made the arrests in Binjkot village on Friday 6 November 2026.[4]

Dainik Bhaskar gave the arrest as a cordon on Binjkot main road, where police caught a 62-year-old man carrying more than 4 kg of ganja in his bag to sell.[5]