245 cannabis plants seized from cotton crop in Maheshwar
Maheshwar police in Khargone seized 245 cannabis plants weighing 252.38 kg from a field at Salipura, where they had been grown hidden among cotton and pigeon pea crops. The field owner was absconding, and police registered a case under the NDPS Act.
🇮🇳 Salipura, Maheshwar, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh · India
Maheshwar police raided a field at Salipura in Khargone district and seized 245
cannabis plants there.[1]The cannabis had been grown hidden among cotton and
tuvar (pigeon pea) crops.[1]Officers seized 245 cannabis plants from the
Salipura field.[1]The seized plants weighed 252 kg380 g.[1]
Police named the field owner as Banshilal Kasde, who was absconding.[1]Police
registered a case under the NDPS Act, India’s drug law.[1]Additional
Superintendent of Police Shakuntala Ruhal gave the details of the action.[1]The raid was carried out on the directions of Superintendent of Police Dr
Ravindra Verma under the state-level anti-narcotics campaign.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Plants destroyed
245
Cannabis
252.38 kg
Agency
Maheshwar police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Living plants (245 plants)
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Farm
Grown
Outdoor
Charge
NDPS Act
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Madhya Pradesh
Date
Publication date
Sources
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The live blog gives no separate date for the Salipura raid, so its publication date of 6 November 2026 is used as the incident date.
The reported value of about Rs 25,97,800 covers the Salipura and Piprikhedi (Bedia) seizures together and is not split between the two fields, so no value is recorded for this event.
The report does not state whether the 252 kg 380 g is green or dried weight.
No court outcome was reported; the field owner was absconding and the investigation was continuing.
Only one accessible account of the Salipura seizure was found after searching in Hindi and English; a Public app video page with a matching Salipura headline could not be opened for confirmation.
The coordinates use Maheshwar town centre as a proxy for Salipura village.
The combined official figure of about Rs 25,97,800 covers the Salipura and Piprikhedi (Bedia) seizures together and is not split between the two fields.
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Arrested 1Charged 1Plants destroyed 105Cannabis 82.55 kg
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