Rs 25,000-reward ganja smuggler who fled Dholpur lock-up arrested in Nagpur
Dholpur police arrested T. Srinivas, 45, a ganja smuggler with a 25,000-rupee reward on his head, in Nagpur on 6 November, eleven days after he broke a window of the Diholi police station lock-up and fled. He was in custody over a car carrying 261 kg 110 g of ganja on National Highway 44 that police valued at about 1.30 crore rupees.
Dholpur police arrested T. Srinivas, a ganja smuggler with a reward of 25,000
rupees on his head, in the city of Nagpur in Maharashtra on 6 November.[1][2]He
had escaped from the Diholi police station lock-up on the night of 25 October
2026 by breaking a window.[1][2]He was in police custody in a case over 261 kg110 g of ganja seized from a car on National Highway 44 near the Bagchauli Khar
turn on 17 October.[2][3]
Station house officer Shaitan Singh said the Mania police station team and
traffic police had searched the car and found the ganja in 11 plastic sacks.[3]Police valued the consignment at about 1.30 crore rupees, and a second man
was arrested with him in that case.[2]A court sent the other man to jail and
kept Srinivas in police custody for further questioning.[3]
After the escape he walked about 12 km through fields, took a tempo to Agra
paying with money sent online by his wife, then travelled by general-coach train
through Varanasi to Visakhapatnam and Tirupati.[1]At Tirupati he shaved his
head and moustache to change his appearance.[1]Superintendent of Police Vikas
Sangwan set up a special team under station house officer Shaitan Singh, which
searched in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh for about six days
before tracing him to Nagpur.[1]
Police said he is a hardened drug smuggler with trafficking cases registered
against him in Rajasthan and several other states.[1]He was being questioned
about people who helped him during the escape and about the ganja network, and
police said he would be produced in court after the investigation.[1]
Photos and video
The ganja smuggling suspect in police custody after his arrest in Nagpur. Photo: ETV Bharat DholpurPhoto details
The incident date is the 6 November arrest in Nagpur; the 25 October escape and the 17 October highway seizure are earlier steps of the same case.
The seized weight is reported as 261 kg 110 g; Amar Ujala's summary says only more than two quintals, so the precise figure is used.
The reward of 25,000 rupees is described as announced for his arrest; it was not reported whether anyone claimed it.
Dainik Bhaskar gives the suspect's home as Raghudevapuram in East Godavari district while Amar Ujala says Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh, and police spellings vary between Diholi and Dihouli.
No charges, plea or court outcome after his re-arrest were reported; police said he would be produced in court once the investigation is complete.
No separate photographer's credit was given beyond the ETV Bharat Dholpur credit on the custody photo.
No tracker report existed on the original 17 October NH-44 seizure, so its weight and value are recorded only as background to this re-arrest.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in ThePrint Hindi (PTI): Both men were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Bhaskar: Dainik Bhaskar reported that a case over the escape, number 195/2026, was registered at Diholi police station.
Left out charges, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Bhaskar.
Left out charged, as its quotation was not found in ThePrint Hindi (PTI).
Kangra district police's CIA team arrested two men from Chamba district with 1.107 kg of charas in the Sokru Dam area of Baijnath. A case was registered under the NDPS Act at Baijnath police station, and police said they were questioning the men about the source of the charas and where it was to be supplied.
Police in Sirari bazaar in Bihar's Sheikhpura district seized 150 grams of ganja from a paan stall and arrested Doman Singh, also known as Prabhakar Singh. The stall stands on Purana Station Road within 500 metres of an educational institution, and the station chief said an FIR was registered under the NDPS Act.
Bandipora police arrested two men travelling on a scooty at Gunchipora near Bakshi Bund on 11 November 2026 and recovered 914 grams of a suspected cannabis powder-like substance from them. Police registered FIR No. 244/2026 at Police Station Sumbal under the NDPS Act and said they were investigating the source of the contraband and its supply links.
Police in Station Ghanpur, Jangaon district, Telangana, arrested four men accused of selling dried ganja, including the man who bought some, and seized 40 grams of the drug, a mobile phone and 1,000 rupees in cash. Circle Inspector S. Srinivas said a case was registered against the four and they were remanded to judicial custody.
