105 cannabis plants seized from a pigeon pea field in Jhabua; farm owner arrested
Kalyanpura police in Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh, raided a field where cannabis was grown among a pigeon pea crop in Kheda village and seized 105 green plants weighing 82.55 kg. Police arrested the farm's owner and valued the plants at 784,000 rupees, though the case details sit behind the outlet's app login.
🇮🇳 Kheda village, Kalyanpura police station area, Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh · India
Kalyanpura police uncovered an illegal cannabis crop grown under the cover of a
pigeon pea crop in Kheda village of Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh.[1]Acting
on a tip-off, the police team raided the field and seized 105 green cannabis
plants.[1]The seized plants weighed 82 kg550 g in total.[1]
The headline reports that the accused, the owner of the farm, was arrested, and
that police put the plants’ value at 784,000 rupees.[1]
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Cannabis plants seized from among a pigeon pea crop, published with Dainik Bhaskar's report; the page carries no separate credit line. Photo: Dainik BhaskarPhoto details
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Source: Dainik BhaskarThe man arrested over the illegal cannabis cultivation, pictured in Dainik Bhaskar's report. Photo: Dainik BhaskarPhoto details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Plants destroyed
105
Cannabis
82.55 kg
Value (official estimate)
INR 784,000
Agency
Kalyanpura police station, Jhabua
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Living plants (82.55 kg, 105 plants)
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Field
Grown
Outdoor
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Madhya Pradesh
Date
Publication date
Sources
Dainik Bhaskarbhaskar.comHIतुवर के खेत में गांजे के 105 पौधे मिले: झाबुआ में 7.84 लाख का 82 किलो वजनी पौधा बरामद; आरोपी गिरफ्तार
Open questions the AI reported
The article gives no separate date for the raid; 8 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
Only Dainik Bhaskar reported the raid; no police statement or second outlet was found.
The full article body, including the accused's name, the crime number and the NDPS section, is behind the outlet's app login and was not readable in the opened capture.
No charge sheet, court appearance or outcome is reported.
The 82.55 kg is the police figure for the green plants as seized, not dried cannabis, and no field area is given.
The coordinates are for Petlawad town, in the sub-division whose police area the raid falls in; the exact location of Kheda village was not mapped.
No credit line accompanies the three page photos; they are published by Dainik Bhaskar.
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