Nashik Road prison guard caught with 33 g of charas, released on bail
A guard at Nashik Road Central Prison was caught on 4 November 2026 with 33 grams of charas taped to his body during the search before entering the jail; police suspect he meant to sell it to inmates. Nashik Road police registered an NDPS Act case and arrested him, but a Nashik court granted him bail because the quantity was minor.
🇮🇳 Nashik Road Central Prison, Nashik Road, Nashik, Maharashtra · India
A guard at Nashik Road Central Prison in Maharashtra was caught on 4 November
2026 hiding 33 grams of charas on his body during the routine search for staff
entering the jail.[1][2]Police said the guard had taped the charas to his body
and intended to take it inside to sell to inmates.[1]Another prison guard,
Narayan Jaysing Rajput, frisked him and filed the complaint, and Nashik Road
police registered a case at Nashik Road police station.[3]The case was
registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the
Prisons Act, and inspector Bhubaneshwar Ghandat was appointed investigating
officer.[1]
The guard was arrested and produced before a local court in Nashik, which
granted him bail because the seized quantity fell into the minor category.[3]The investigating officer said jail authorities found the contraband and
registered the complaint, and that the court released the guard because the
quantity was minor.[3]Deshdoot reported that the guard kept the charas for
his own financial gain while on duty as a government employee.[4]
The reports called for the Inspector General of Prisons, Dr Suhas Warke, to
order a special inspection of the jail and action against any staff found
responsible.[1]
The guard hid the charas in his private parts.[2][5]Police seized 33 grams of charas from him, and the reports say the prison already has intensive searchlight poles and baggage scanners at its entrances.[2]
Maharashtra’s home department released 23.37 crore rupees for 389 highmast poles and 37 baggage scanners for the state’s jails.[5]
Photos and video
Photo captioned Nashik Road Central Prison in the report on the guard caught with 33 g of charas; the report does not say when it was taken.Photo details
The Times of India reports the charas taped to the guard's thighs, while Prahaar and Deshdoot describe it hidden at his private parts; the reports agree on the 33 grams but differ on the exact place it was concealed.
Only The Times of India reports the bail; the two Marathi accounts stop at the registration of the case and name no court outcome.
No value for the seized charas, no charge sheet and no trial outcome were reported beyond the grant of bail.
Prahaar's photo is captioned as Nashik Road Central Prison but the report does not say when it was taken or whether it shows this event.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Deshdoot: Police seized 33 grams of charas from the guard.
Left out products, as its quotation was not found in Deshdoot.
Loksatta gives no date for when the guard was caught; the recorded incident date comes from The Times of India.
Loksatta names no bail or court outcome and no charges, so the bail recorded from The Times of India is uncorroborated here.
Loksatta says only that investigators are looking into which gangster sent the guard, with no arrest of anyone else reported.
Deshdoot gives no date for when the guard was caught, only that it happened 'two days ago' before its 8 November 2026 publication.
Deshdoot's photograph is captioned only 'jail images' and the page does not say when it was taken, so no photo is added.
Kangra district police's CIA team arrested two men from Chamba district with 1.107 kg of charas in the Sokru Dam area of Baijnath. A case was registered under the NDPS Act at Baijnath police station, and police said they were questioning the men about the source of the charas and where it was to be supplied.
Police in Sirari bazaar in Bihar's Sheikhpura district seized 150 grams of ganja from a paan stall and arrested Doman Singh, also known as Prabhakar Singh. The stall stands on Purana Station Road within 500 metres of an educational institution, and the station chief said an FIR was registered under the NDPS Act.
Bandipora police arrested two men travelling on a scooty at Gunchipora near Bakshi Bund on 11 November 2026 and recovered 914 grams of a suspected cannabis powder-like substance from them. Police registered FIR No. 244/2026 at Police Station Sumbal under the NDPS Act and said they were investigating the source of the contraband and its supply links.
Police in Station Ghanpur, Jangaon district, Telangana, arrested four men accused of selling dried ganja, including the man who bought some, and seized 40 grams of the drug, a mobile phone and 1,000 rupees in cash. Circle Inspector S. Srinivas said a case was registered against the four and they were remanded to judicial custody.
