Caretaker arrested as police seize nine ganja plants in Kalmeshwar
Nagpur Rural Police raided a farm at Gangaji Dareli in Kalmeshwar on a tip-off and seized nine growing ganja plants weighing 1.358 kg. The farm's caretaker was arrested; police are probing whether the crop links to a smuggling racket.
🇮🇳 Gangaji Dareli, Kalmeshwar, Nagpur Rural · India
- Arrested
- 1
- Plants destroyed
- 9
- Cannabis
- 1.4 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- INR 27,120
Acting on a tip-off, the Anti-Narcotics Cell of Nagpur Rural Police’s Local Crime Branch raided farmland in the Gangaji Dareli area under Kalmeshwar Police Station limits and found nine ganja plants growing on a farm owned by Nagpur chartered accountant Nitesh Sakhleja.[1] The plants weighed 1.358 kg and were valued at Rs 27,120; a chilam and a mobile phone were also seized, taking the total haul to Rs 40,210.[1]
Police arrested the farm’s caretaker, 40-year-old Bablu Buddh Sahu, who had lived on the farm for two years, and registered a case under Sections 8(c) and 20(a) of the NDPS Act.[1] Officers are investigating why the plants were grown there and whether the cultivation was linked to a ganja smuggling racket.[1] The team was led by Local Crime Branch inspector Ankush Mane under Senior Superintendent of Police Dr Harsh A Poddar.[1]
Photos and video
- Uprooted ganja plants held up after the raid on the Gangaji Dareli farm Photos: The Hitavada
Sources
- Ganja plants found in farm owned by CA; caretaker arrested. The Hitavada, 28 October 2026.