On the instructions of CM Sai, police busted a big racket of ganja smuggling, so far 8 people including the main kingpin have been arrested
Chhattisgarh Police has become active on the instructions of Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai. Continuous action is being taken against drug smugglers. In this episode, Raigarh Police has busted a big network of ganja smugglers. In fact, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had recently asked Chief Minister Sai to stop such activities during his visit to Chhattisgarh. As per the instructions, on the guidelines received from Police Headquarters Nava Raipur, under the guidance of Bilaspur Range IG Dr. Sanjeev Shukla and SP Shri Divyang Patel, on August 28, Jute Mill Police conducted a major ganja raid near Kodatarai and arrested 05 accused including a woman, from whom 175 kg ganja, an Alto car and a small elephant pickup vehicle (total property worth Rs 43 lakh) were seized, the arrested main accused Santram Khunte Sakti (CG) and his associates were interrogated rigorously. chhattisgarh news
Scenario of the operation
After the initial arrest of the accused, intensive interrogation was done and information about other members of the gang and their modus operandi was collected and under the guidance of Inspector General of Police Bilaspur Dr. Sanjeev Shukla, 5 different special teams of Raigarh Police and Bilaspur Police were formed which were sent to different locations, the police teams displayed their intelligence and professional capability and raided District Baut (Odisha), District Bilaspur, Village Pihrid and Village Charpara District Sakti (Chhattisgarh) and destroyed the entire network of the gang.
Backward and Forward Links
(1) Backward Link- Supplier from Ganja production unit in Odisha – Byomkesh Khatwa District Baut (Odisha),
(2) Gang that transports Ganja from Odisha border to Bilaspur Janjgir and other places – 5 accused arrested earlier on 28 August
(3) Forward Link- Main buyer who supplies Ganja in the surrounding area – Bhagwat Sahu Pihrid Sakti,
(4) Forward Link- Those who sell Ganja for further supply and retail sale in Chhattisgarh – Deepak alias Nanhu Bhardwaj Sakti (CG)
On the memorandum of the accused, I-10 car, Celerio car, 06 mobiles, cash purchased from the money received from illegal Ganja business have been seized.
Gang’s network, supply chain, modus operandi The main kingpin of the team of ganja smugglers is Bhagwat Sahu who has been involved in the business of illegal ganja purchase and sale for the last several years. In the beginning, he used to buy 4-5 kg of ganja from a small supplier in Odisha and sell it in Chhattisgarh. Later, after coming in contact with a big ganja supplier Vyoma alias Vyomkesh from Odisha, he used to buy ganja in large quantities, transfer it to his vehicle at a secluded place and dump it in the house of an accused of his team. From there, he used to take out 15-20 kg of ganja initially and supply it to different states. Then he started supplying 1 quintal-2 quintals of ganja as per demand. Santram and Bhagwat used to buy ganja from the Odisha party and come half way clearing the road with their companions, so that they are not caught. Then further his other companions used to take the ganja and hide it in their secret hideouts and sell it. The gang used to sell ganja in Chhattisgarh and many other states through transportation. Bhagwat has been involved in the illegal business of ganja for the last several years, who had not been caught by the police till now.
After 05 accused of the gang were caught in Jute Mill, District Raigarh on 28 August, all the others became alert, their entire channel was cut off from all contacts by switching off their mobiles to avoid arrest. The accused have been caught in a sudden raid conducted by Raigarh Police at different places.
On intensive interrogation of the main supplier Vyomkesh, many shocking facts have come to light in which he has revealed a large network of illegal ganja production in the forests of District Bout Odisha and its surrounding districts. All the important facts extracted from the action by Raigarh Police are being shared with Odisha Police and National Narcotics Bureau so that this network of ganja can be destroyed completely. Raigarh Police is committed to take such action to completely ban ganja smuggling.
Officers and employees involved in the action: DSP Cyber Cell Abhinav Upadhyay, SDOP Kharsia Prabhat Patel, Inspector Rakesh Mishra, Inspector Mohan Bhardwaj, Sub Inspector Girdhari Sao, Head Constable Satish Pathak, Krishna Gupta, Lomash Rajput, Amit Tirkey, Rajesh Patel of Cyber Cell, Durgesh Singh, Brijlal Gurjar, Constables – Abhishek Dwivedi, Prashant Panda, Mahesh Panda, Adikant Pradhan, Vikas Pradhan, Naveen Shukla, Sushil Yadav, Jitesh Chauhan, Ravindra Gupta, Lakheshwar Purseth, Shashi Bhushan Sahu were included.
Arrested accused
In addition to the 5 accused arrested earlier
(1) Bhagwat Sahu father Hulasaram Sahu age 36 years resident of village Pihrid police station Sakti, district Sakti
(2) Deepak alias Nanhu Bhardwaj father Jagatram 24 years resident of village Puraina police station Kharsia
(3) Vyom alias Vyomkesh Khatua father Sanjit Khatua age 25 years resident of village Gudpada police station Bausani district Baut, Odisha
Seized property – I10 car CG 11 BH-9507, Celerio car CG 10 BS-1995, 06 mobiles, cash amount- Rs 7500 total – Rs 17 lakh,
