57-year-old monk held with 710 g ganja in Banaskantha temple
Banaskantha Anti-Narcotics Wing officers raided a room at the Dotaliya VirMaharaj temple in Thana village, Danta, and arrested 57-year-old priest Niranjandas VirMaharaj for allegedly storing and selling ganja. Officers seized 710 grams of ganja valued by police at Rs 35,500, confirmed by a preliminary forensic test.
🇮🇳 Thana village, Danta, Banaskantha, Gujarat · India
Banaskantha Anti-Narcotics Wing officers arrested 57-year-old priest Niranjandas
VirMaharaj, who performed worship at the Dotaliya VirMaharaj temple in Thana
village in Danta, for allegedly keeping ganja in his room and selling it.[1]VirMaharaj is originally from Begusarai district in Bihar and was living in the
outskirts of Thana village.[1]Police registered a case against him and began
legal proceedings.[1]
The wing raided the priest’s room in the temple on the outskirts of Thana
village and seized710 grams of ganja valued by police at Rs 35,500.[1]Officers found crushed green leaves and twigs in a plastic box and in a black
bundle kept under a cooking pan.[1]Forensic Science Laboratory officer P. D.
Rathvi’s preliminary test was positive for the active components of cannabis,
and weighing confirmed 710 grams of ganja.[1]
The Banaskantha Anti-Narcotics Wing team was on patrol in the Danta police
station area on Monday when it acted on a privately received tip.[1]Acting on
that tip, police caught VirMaharaj allegedly storing and selling ganja from his
room.[1]
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The article says the patrol and raid happened on a Monday but gives no calendar date; 2 November 2026, the Monday before the 4 November 2026 publication date, is used as the incident date.
No court outcome was reported; police had registered a case and begun legal proceedings.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in Gujarati and English.
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The Rs 35,500 figure is the police valuation reported by the source, not an independently established market value.
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