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Tightening the opium belt in Madhya Pradesh

Published - December 26, 2025 04:10 am IST Farm labourers working to nurture the early crop in an opium field in Luhari village in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district. The nets overhead protect the fields from birds, especially parrots. | Photo Credit: A. M.

Tightening the opium belt in Madhya Pradesh

Credit: Thehindu

Key Highlights

  • Faruqui On the morning of August 28, a bus heading to Pratapgarh in Rajasthan was stopped soon after it began its journey from Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district.
  • A group of policemen in mufti entered the vehicle and deboarded an 18-year-old boy.
  • Sohanlal Mirasi, a resident of Sarnon Ki Dhani village in Rajasthan’s Balotra district, was detained and later booked for illegally possessing 2.71 kilograms of opium.
  • He was charged under Sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
  • The event was recorded on the CCTV camera fitted on the bus.
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