Three booked over 1.113 kg ganja in Hinganghat; fugitive held in Nagpur
Wardha's Local Crime Branch raided a house in Gomaji Ward, Hinganghat, on 29 October 2026 and seized 1.113 kg of ganja, 200 bottles of country liquor and two phones, property police valued at Rs 87,150. Three men were booked; Vinod Gimekar, 52, and Suraj Chauke, 29, were taken into custody, and Harshal Gimekar, named as the main accused, was arrested in Nagpur the next night.
🇮🇳 Gomaji Ward, Hinganghat, Wardha district, Maharashtra · India
Wardha’s Local Crime Branch raided Harshal Vinod Gimekar’s house in Gomaji Ward,
Hinganghat, on 29 October 2026.[1]Officers acted on a tip that ganja and
country liquor were being stored and sold from the house.[2]A search of the
house found ganja and country liquor, and body searches found two mobile phones.[2]
Police seized1 kg113 g of ganja, 200 sealed bottles of country liquor and the
two phones.[1]They valued the property at Rs 87,150.[3]The two men told
officers the stock belonged to all three of them, and police concluded the three
were trafficking and selling ganja and liquor together.[3]A case was
registered at Hinganghat police station against all three under the NDPS Act and
the Maharashtra prohibition law.[2]Both men were taken into custody at the
scene.[2]
Police named Harshal Gimekar as the main accused and said he was absconding.[2]Crime Branch Unit 6 arrested him in Nagpur.[4]During a night patrol on
30 October 2026, officers were told he was moving around the Besa area on
Manevada Road.[4]They chased him and took him into custody.[4]Superintendent of Police Saurabh Kumar Agrawal had ordered the branch to act
against drug and liquor sellers.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
3
Charged
3
Cannabis
1.113 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 87,150
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (1.113 kg)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
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No figure was published for the ganja alone; the Rs 87,150 valuation covers the ganja, the 200 liquor bottles and the two phones together.
No court date, bail decision or outcome is reported for the three men.
The Nagpur arrest report links the arrest to an NDPS case at Hinganghat police station but gives no case number; the match to this raid rests on the accused's name, ward and the timing.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Rashtrahit News: Inside they found Vinod Pandurang Gimekar, 52, and his cousin Suraj Bhimsingh Chauke, 29.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Rashtrahit News: Chauke was staying in Gomaji Ward but comes from Priyanka Colony at Shegaon Naka, Amravati.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Policekaka Crime Beat News 24X7: He was handed over to the local crime branch at Hinganghat for further action.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Rashtrahit News: The raid was carried out on the instructions of Agrawal and Additional Superintendent Sadashiv Waghmare, by a team led by inspector Vinod Chaudhari.
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Arrested 1Charged 1Plants destroyed 105Cannabis 82.55 kg
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