Wanted man arrested with 1.32 kg charas in Sitamarhi
Parihar police rearrested Rs 25,000-reward fugitive Prabhu Bhagat near Bela Khap with 1.32 kg of charas after a Bihar STF tip. The arrest follows his June escape from Parihar lockup, for which three chowkidars were suspended.
🇮🇳 Bela Khap, Parihar, Sitamarhi, Bihar · India
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 1.32 kg
Parihar police arrested Rs 25,000-reward wanted criminal Prabhu Bhagat at Bela
Khap village on Sunday night.[1] Bihar STF told Parihar station chief Pankaj
Kumar Yadav around midnight of 1-2 November that Bhagat would travel the
Jagdar-Parwaha road toward Sitamarhi, after which police started vehicle checks
near Bela Khap crossing.[2] Officers encircled and caught Bhagat as he arrived
by bike.[2] A search recovered 1.320 kilograms of charas, cannabis resin,
reported as 1.3 kilograms in the second account, and police also seized the
bike.[1] Parihar police registered case No. 287/26 under the NDPS Act, India’s
narcotics law.[2]
Police say Bhagat faces 12 criminal cases across Parsauni, Sitamarhi Town, Riga,
Bathnaha and Parihar stations for robbery, dacoity, murder, Arms Act and NDPS
Act offences, including the escape case.[2]
Sources
- 25 हजार का इनामी बदमाश प्रभु भगत गिरफ्तार, 1.320 किलो चरस.... Prabhat Khabar, 2 November 2026. In Hindi.
- सीतामढ़ी में पुलिस को चकमा देकर हाजत से भागा था प्रभु भगत, 1.3 किलो चरस के साथ दबोचा गया. Dainik Jagran, 2 November 2026. In Hindi.
Open questions the AI reported
- The raid happened on Sunday night / midnight of 1-2 November 2026; 2 November is used as the incident date while the first report calls it Sunday night.
- The seizure is given as 1.320 kg in one report and rounded to 1.3 kg in the other; the report uses 1.320 kg.
- The Dainik Jagran page states its photo is a symbolic picture, so it is not listed as media.
- No court outcome after the new NDPS case No. 287/26 is reported.
- Coordinates are the Sitamarhi district centre with district precision, not the exact Bela Khap spot.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Prabhat Khabar: Bhagat, 34, son of Mahendra Bhagat and resident of Madanpur village in the Parsauni station area, had first been arrested on 28 June 2026 with one kilogram of charas and an Apache bike near the cemetery at Barahi village.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Prabhat Khabar: The next day, 29 June, he escaped from the Parihar lockup by breaking the toilet ventilator after asking to use the toilet.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Prabhat Khabar: Police headquarters then announced a Rs 25,000 reward for his arrest.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in Prabhat Khabar: Superintendent Amit Ranjan suspended three chowkidars over the escape while ASP Ashish Anand investigated it.