On 29 October 2026, Ramnagar police searched the home of 58-year-old Rajendra Bais, also called Lallu Bais, in Majhatolwa village, Maihar, and seized 870 grams of ganja from the yard behind the house.[1] Officers found him at home.[1] Because an arrest was judged unnecessary, they released him after serving a notice under section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, the criminal-procedure code.[1]

Sub-inspector Kuldeep Patel, in charge of the Maryadpur outpost, had been told that Bais, son of Ramsaroop Bais and a resident of Majhatolwa, was hiding illegal ganja in that yard.[1] A team led by Ramnagar station officer Inspector Vijay Tripathi raided the spot the informant named.[1] The cannabis was wrapped in a plastic sheet under dried cow-dung cakes.[1] Police valued the 870 grams at 8,700 rupees.[1]

A case was registered against him under sections 8 and 20(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and taken up for investigation.[1] The search was directed by Maihar Superintendent of Police Awadhesh Pratap Singh and Additional Superintendent Dr Chanchal Nagar, with guidance from Amarpatan subdivisional officer Khyati Mishra.[1] The station said action against the drug trade was continuing.[1]