Naigarhi police caught 25-year-old Diwakar Saket selling ganja in Sumeda Kala village on the Katra–Mauganj road.[1][2] Police said a tip had identified a seller beside a mahua tree north of Bahuti bridge on Sumeda Kala road, and officers cordoned off the spot.[3] The arrest and seizure were reported as happening on Thursday, 5 November 2026.[3][2] Public Vani placed the suspected sale beside a mahua tree in Sumeda Kala village on the Katra–Mauganj road.[1] Police identified Saket as a 25-year-old resident of Bahuti Harijan Basti in the Naigarhi police station area.[3] The action was part of a special campaign ordered by Rewa’s inspector general.[3]

Officers seized 497 grams of ganja, the Hindi term for cannabis, which police valued at about 5,500 rupees.[3][2] Police said he could not produce valid documents or a licence for the ganja.[3] Officers seized the ganja before witnesses and proceeded against him under sections 8/20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.[3] Naigarhi police registered a case under the NDPS Act and said the investigation was continuing.[1]

Because police said the case was bailable, they served him a notice under section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), instructing him to appear in court at a set time.[3] The operation was directed by Superintendent Manohar Singh Mandloi, with Additional Superintendent Shashikant Saryam and SDPO Sachi Pathak guiding station chief Inspector Anil Kakde’s team.[3]