65-year-old field owner booked over ganja plants in Udaipur
Rishabhdeo police recovered illegal ganja plants from a field in Athmana Kotda village, Udaipur, on 12 November 2026. Police registered case 266/26 against the 65-year-old field owner under the NDPS Act and handed the inquiry to the Kalyanpur station house officer.
🇮🇳 Athmana Kotda village, Rishabhdeo, Udaipur · India
Rishabhdeo police in Udaipur district took action against alleged illegal
cultivation of narcotic plants at Athmana Kotda village.[1]Officers recovered
illegal ganja plants from the field of its owner, 65-year-old Jiva Meena, son of
Sega Meena and a resident of the same village.[1]Police registered case
number 266/26 against him under sections 8 and 20(a) of the NDPS Act, India’s
main drug law, and opened an investigation.[1]
The field operation was carried out on 12 November 2026 by a team led by
Rishabhdeo station house officer Hemant Ahari.[1]The investigation of the
case was handed to Kalyanpur station house officer Sohanlal Bamniya, with police
saying further inquiry was under way.[1]
Police said the focus of the action had now shifted to investigation and legal
process after the plants were found in the field.[1]No plant count, weight,
seizure quantity or value was published, and the account does not say whether
the plants were destroyed on the spot.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Sites
1
Agency
Rishabhdeo police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Living plants
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Field
Charge
cultivating cannabis under section 8/20(a) of the NDPS Act
No number of plants, weight, area or value was published for the recovered ganja plants.
The headline says one person was arrested but the body reports only that a case was registered and investigation started, with no detention described.
Whether the 65-year-old field owner was taken into custody, and any plea, bail or court outcome, was not reported.
The exact location or size of the field within Athmana Kotda village was not given.
Only one accessible outlet account of this event was found after searching in Hindi and English.
Pratahkal illustrated the Athmana Kotda ganja-field case with an exterior photograph of Rishabhdeo police station and no plants or seizure visible, so no event photo is listed.
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