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Konark Express passenger held with 18 kg ganja in Hyderabad
The EAGLE Force, acting on a tip-off and coordinating with the Railway Protection Force, intercepted 18.538 kg of ganja worth Rs 9.26 lakh on the Konark Express at Hyderabad on Friday. The…
The Story in Brief
The EAGLE Force, acting on a tip-off and coordinating with the Railway Protection Force, intercepted 18.538 kg of ganja worth Rs 9.26 lakh on the Konark Express at Hyderabad on Friday. The contraband was found in two backpacks and a trolley bag carried by a passenger.
The accused, Niranjan Pradhan (22), a sewing machine worker from Ganjam, Odisha, told police he was transporting the ganja from Odisha to Pune on the instructions of a man who remains at large. The EAGLE Force seized the drugs and a mobile phone and handed Pradhan to the Government Railway Police, Nampally, for investigation.
The Indian Opinion
This seizure on a train from Odisha to Pune is a small win in a vast war. The narrative of a poor worker duped into carrying drugs is familiar and often believed, but it lets the masterminds go free. Pradhan may well be a pawn, but the EAGLE Force and GRP must now follow the mobile phone data and his call records. Will the man who hired him be named in a chargesheet, or will this case end with another small-time carrier in jail?
Source: siasat.com
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