Overview
- A tip-off led Rampur Baghelan police to raid a Marahuan village house, where officers recovered more than 46 kg of ganja valued at over Rs 9 lakh.
- Pankaj Singh and Anil Bagri were arrested, booked under the NDPS Act, produced in court, and sent to judicial custody.
- Police identified Anil Bagri as the elder brother of state minister Pratima Bagri, according to reports.
- Investigators said Pankaj stated that Bagri delivered the consignment in an SUV on December 4, and Bagri indicated he acted on instructions from his jailed brother-in-law Shailendra Singh.
- Police said the shipment likely originated in Beohari in Shahdol with possible links to Chhattisgarh, and they are pursuing an inter-state probe.