Civil Lines Police in Rewa arrested habitual offender Lalu Patel, also known as Ashish, after catching him with a packet of ganja near Padmadhar Colony. Police registered a fresh case under the NDPS Act and said they are tracing the source of the ganja and his intended customers.
🇮🇳 Padmadhar Colony crossing, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh · India
Civil Lines Police in Rewa arrested a habitual offender for allegedly selling
illegal ganja.[1]The accused was caught while waiting for customers near
Padmadhar Colony.[1]The accused was identified as Lalu Patel, also known as
Ashish.[1]He is originally from Chhiboura in Rampur Baghelan and was living
in Dhekaha in Rewa.[1]
Police said they received a tip-off that a suspicious person was standing in
front of Rajput Gun Factory near the Padmadhar Colony crossing waiting to sell a
ganja consignment.[1]A police team reached the spot and surrounded the area,
and caught the accused after he tried to escape on seeing the police.[1]During the search, police recovered a packet of ganja from his possession and
seized it.[1]
Police said more than a dozen criminal cases are registered against him at
different police stations and he had earlier been externed from the district.[1]Civil Lines Police registered a fresh case against him under the NDPS Act.[1]Police were preparing to produce him before the court and investigate the
source of the seized ganja and the people he planned to supply.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency type
Police, Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Other building
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Central Chroniclecentralchronicle.comHabitual Criminal Arrested with Ganja While Waiting for Customers in Rewa | Central India's Premier English Daily
Open questions the AI reported
No weight or value for the packet of ganja was published, so no kilograms can be recorded.
The article gives no separate date for the arrest; 5 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
No court outcome was reported; police were still preparing to produce the accused before the court and the investigation was under way.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in English.
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