Ganja fugitive arrested in Guna ashram after 21 years
Bhind police arrested ganja-case fugitive Satyadev in a Guna ashram on 2 November after 21 years on the run, while he lived disguised as a sadhu. He had jumped bail in a 2002 cannabis case that drew a permanent warrant in 2005 and was to be produced before the court.
🇮🇳 Village Nauhar, Aron, Guna district, Madhya Pradesh · India
Bhind’s Mehgaon police arrested Satyadev, also called Sarvesh and Bajrangdas
Baba, after 21 years evading an NDPS case.[1][2][3]Officers caught the
permanent-warrant holder in an ashram in Village Nauhar in Aron town, Guna
district, Madhya Pradesh.[1][2][3]Satyadev, originally from Village Birkhadi, had
been living there disguised as a sadhu, a Hindu ascetic, to avoid arrest.[1]
Mehgaon police had first arrested him with ganja, cannabis, at Gormi crossing on
26 August 2002.[4][2][3]Police registered that case under Sections 8/20 of the NDPS
Act, India’s drug law.[4][3]After coming out on bail he fled during the court
hearing and did not appear again.[4][3]The court issued a permanent warrant
against him on 7 June 2005.[1][2][3]
On 2 November, with help from Bajrangarh police, officers cordoned off the
ashram.[1][2]The ashram was then hosting a bhandara, a community feast, with a
large gathering present.[1][2][3]Police waited patiently for the right moment and
arrested him as he tried to use the crowd to his advantage.[1]He was to be
produced before the court on Tuesday.[4][3]
Police traced his location through an informer’s tip and technical assistance.[3]
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Amar Ujalaamarujala.comHIभिंड: 21 साल से फरार गांजा तस्कर बाबा बनकर आश्रम में छिपा, भंडारे के बीच पुलिस ने दबोचा
Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.comHI21 साल बाबा बनकर गुना में छिपा रहा आरोपी:2002 में गांजा तस्करी में पकड़ाया था, जमानत पर छूटने के बाद भागा, पुलिस ने गिरफ्तार किया
Open questions the AI reported
No quantity or value for the ganja involved in the original 2002 seizure was published.
The arrest occurred on 2 November 2026 while both reports were published on 3 November 2026; the report uses the stated arrest date.
The court outcome after the accused was to be produced before the court was not reported.
No separate cannabis seizure, weight, area, value or additional arrest in the 2026 operation was reported.
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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.
