Nine arrested with 16.758 kg ganja in Kaushambi drive

Open questions the AI reported

• The incident date is given only as Tuesday in reports published on 4 November 2026, so 3 November 2026 is used as the incident date.
• The outlets differ on some names and station assignments, including the alias of Sunil Pal and the placement of Anupam Kumar Mishra, Anurag Tripathi, Devesh Tripathi and Shivam Kesarwani, so only the shared totals are treated as firm.
• The accessible Bhaskar text says two accused were held in Kokhraj but names only one, Nitesh Kumar Kesarwani, leaving the second Kokhraj accused unidentified.
• No court outcome beyond registration of cases and completed police legal proceedings was reported.
• No separate value for the seized ganja was published.
• No police agency statement for this Kaushambi drive could be opened directly; the account rests on two news outlets.
• Left out, as its quotation was not found in Dainik Bhaskar: A second account confirms the same nine arrests and 16 kilos 758 grams total and records 2.020 kilos from two accused in Pipri and 7.077 kilos from two accused in Kokhraj.
• The Amar Ujala account published on 5 November 2026 gives no separate date for the checking drive.
• Amar Ujala names two of the arrested men, Anurag Tripathi and Shivam Kesarwani, as having a criminal history without saying what it involved.
• Aaj Tak gives no calendar date for the checking drive and, unlike the earlier accounts, does not say it took place on Tuesday.
• Whether the court appearance of the nine accused led to remand or bail is not reported.
• Aaj Tak says the drive was before Diwali but gives no date for it, so 3 November 2026 remains the incident date from the Tuesday accounts.
• Aaj Tak lists the accused as Suraj Maurya, Sunil Pal, Vijay Maurya, Anupam Kumar Mishra, Anurag Tripathi, Rahul Kumar Pandey, Devesh Tripathi, Shivam Kesarwani and Nitesh Kumar, but does not assign each name to a police station.