Ghansaur police in Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, arrested a 32-year-old man on Friday afternoon after he tried to ride away from officers.[1] He was identified as Aditya, also called Ajju and Ajay Yadav, son of the late Jamna Prasad Yadav, of Purani Basti in Ghansaur.[2] A tip said he was bringing ganja on a motorcycle toward the Ghansaur–Mandla trijunction on the Samnapur road to sell it.[2] Officers reached the spot, surrounded him and caught him when he tried to flee.[1]
A search found 1 kilogram 206 grams of ganja, which police valued at about 20,000 rupees.[2] Police said the seized ganja was worth about 20,000 rupees.[2] They also seized the motorcycle used to carry the ganja; Dainik Yashonnati gave its registration as MP 22 MP 5429.[2] He told police he bought the cannabis from an unknown person, packed it into small pudiya and sold the packets.[1] Asked for lawful papers for the ganja, he could produce none.[1]
Police registered a case under sections 8 and 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, India’s main drug law, arrested him and produced him in court for judicial remand.[2] Station house officer Inspector L.S. Jharia, whom Dainik Bhaskar names as Laxman Jharia, led the team, with sub-inspector Rukhsar Bano and several constables taking part.[2] Dainik Yashonnati said the action was directed by Superintendent of Police Krishna Lalchandani, Additional Superintendent Deepak Mishra and Ghansaur subdivisional police officer Reena Pandey.[2]
