Raw materials used for making MD drug seized from Bhopal shop; 1 detained
Bhopal (PTI): The Madhya Pradesh police have seized chemicals and raw materials from a shop in Bhopal, unearthing a potential link with a synthetic drug factory busted recently in another part of the city, and detained the facility's owner, an official said.
The material seized on Tuesday can potentially produce MD drug with an estimated value of Rs 250 crore to Rs 350 crore, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sanjay Agrawal said.
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on October 5 busted the synthetic drug manufacturing factory located in Bagroda locality and seized 907.09 kg of mephedrone with an estimated value of Rs 1,814 crore.
"Following the action of NCB (Delhi unit) against the synthetic drug factory in Bhopal, the MP police received information about the presence of suspicious objects at the same place on Monday night and sealed the spot on Monday night," the DCP said on Tuesday.
He said the police received information that one Amit Chaturvedi, arrested in the NCB case, had rented a shop in Ganesh Market area opposite a warehouse. He used to shift some goods by car to the Bagroda factory late at night.
"On Tuesday morning, police broke open the shop and found various chemicals stored in drums and sacks," Agrawal said, adding the shop was rented to Chaturvedi by one Vishnu Patidar last July.
The chemical found in the shop is used for manufacturing MD drug, he said.
"The raw material found at this shop costs around Rs 60 lakh in local market and can produce the synthetic drug with an estimated value of Rs 250 crore to Rs 350 crore," the official said.
These chemicals were also recovered by the NCB, he said, adding that a 30-litre unidentified substance was also found in the shop on Tuesday.
The shop owner, Vishnu Patidar, resident of Rapadia area in Bhopal, has been booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 223 (failing to comply with a lawful order issued by a public servant) for not informing police about renting or leasing out land and detained for questioning, the official said.
The factory busted in Bagroda on October 5 could manufacture 25 kg of MD drug per day, the Gujarat ATS earlier said in a statement.
The illegal unit was located about 15 km from Katara police station and 30 km from the MP police headquarters.
Chaturvedi, Sanyal Baner and Harish Aanjana were arrested in connection with the drug haul.
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AAP to contest Delhi Assembly elections alone: AAP national spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar announced on Wednesday that the party will contest the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections independently. In an interaction with ANI, Kakkar stated, "We will contest the Delhi Assembly elections alone. On one side, it's the overconfident Congress, and on the other, the arrogant Bharatiya Janata Party. We will remain humble and let the work we’ve done over the past decade speak for itself."
The Delhi Assembly elections are expected to be held in early 2025. In the 2020 elections, AAP secured 62 out of the 70 seats, while the BJP won 8 seats.
Previously, AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal emphasized the importance of hard work and cautioned against overconfidence, drawing lessons from the recent Haryana election results. Speaking to AAP municipal councillors in Delhi on Tuesday, Kejriwal stated, "Elections are approaching and must not be taken lightly. The biggest lesson from today’s election is to never be overconfident."
Kejriwal also urged AAP’s municipal councillors to focus on ensuring basic public services, especially cleanliness, in their respective areas, highlighting their key role in the upcoming elections.
#WATCH | Delhi | AAP's National Spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar says, "We will contest Delhi (assembly) elections alone. On one side it's the overconfident Congress and on the other side, it's the arrogant BJP. We will contest the election based on what we have done in Delhi in the… pic.twitter.com/p3vXcox1ZO
— ANI (@ANI) October 9, 2024
