Second accused held in Rishikesh 3.1 kg ganja case
Rishikesh Kotwali police arrested Ramavtar, the absconding second accused in a ganja-smuggling case, saying he had ordered the drug through Naurangi Lal. Naurangi Lal had been caught with 3 kg 95 g of ganja near Gol Chakkar on 24 July, and police said Ramavtar already faced nine cases, eight under the NDPS Act.
Rishikesh Kotwali police arrested the absconding second accused in a
ganja-smuggling case.[1]Police said the accused, Ramavtar, had ordered ganja
through the previously arrested Naurangi Lal.[1]Station officer Yashpal Singh
Bisht said Ramavtar faced nine cases from 2015 to 2026, eight of them under the
NDPS Act.[1]
On 24 July, IDPL outpost police arrested bike rider Naurangi Lal, a resident of
Nagla Bhambu Jat village, Sasni, Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, near Gol Chakkar during
checking.[1]Officers recovered 3 kg95 g of illegal ganja from his
possession.[1]Kotwali police registered an FIR against the accused under the
NDPS Act in that case.[1]
During investigation, police questioned the accused and analysed his mobile call
detail records and other evidence, which surfaced the name of Ramavtar,
originally of Mayakund, Rishikesh and currently of Lane No. 10, Gujjar Basti,
Shyampur.[1]The investigation found that Ramavtar had ordered ganja from
Naurangi Lal, after which a police team arrested Ramavtar on Friday evening.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
3.095 kg
Agencies
Kotwali police, Rishikesh; IDPL outpost police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (3.095 kg)
Setting
Street or public place, Vehicle
Charge
offences under the NDPS Act
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Uttarakhand
Sources
Amar Ujalaamarujala.comHIRishikesh News:गांजा तस्करी के मामले में फरार चल रहा आरोपी गिरफ्तार - Accused, Absconding In A Cannabis Smuggling Case - Rishikesh News
Open questions the AI reported
13 November 2026 is the Friday evening before the 14 November publication and is used as the incident date; the article dates the arrest only as Friday evening.
The article gives no precise spot for Ramavtar's arrest beyond Rishikesh.
No fresh ganja seizure from Ramavtar was reported; the 3.095 kg was recovered from Naurangi Lal on 24 July.
The vehicle word appears as Baadak in the text and is read as a bike rider; the report uses bike rider.
No court outcome beyond the arrests and the NDPS FIR was reported.
The whole account rests on a single Amar Ujala report based on police statements.
Noida police detained 23-year-old Suraj in Sector-8 with 1.15 kg of ganja and a juvenile aged about 17 in Sector-11 with 1.12 kg. Police said both were selling ganja in small packets at high prices and that further legal action was under way.
Tirupati police report 46 ganja cases in 2026 with 229 kg seized and 124 arrests, alongside 16 preventive detentions under the PD Act and testing of about 12,000 people. A repeat trafficker linked to four cases totalling 222 kg was detained under the PIT NDPS Act and sent to Rajahmundry Central Prison.
Police arrested two men near Guduvanchery for selling ganja aimed at college students and seized one kilogram of cannabis. The arrests followed a tip on 14 November about sales near Nandivaram Malaimedu.
Police and the Special Detection Team raided a house in Ward No-4, Jwalamukhi, seized 1.89 kg of charas and arrested two local youths, Karan and Rahul. A case under the NDPS Act was registered and police are probing the supply source and network.