During the Nakabandi, Smugglers firing on police, 10 quintals and 40 kg of opium Dodachura worth Rs 1.5 crore seized, one arrested

Chittorgarh. The special police team of the district, in collaboration with the Bijaypur police station, took major action against illegal drug trafficking and seized more than 10 quintals and 40 kg of opium dodachura from a pickup. Police have seized a pickup and a Swift car that was being driven, while they have also seized one empty and 11 live cartridges of gun from the pickup and arrested one accused. The value of seized illegal dodachura is around Rs 1.5 crore. Dodachura smuggler has also opened fire on the police. The police also opened fire for fire protection. District Superintendent of Police Sudhir Joshi said that instructions were given to all the police officers to curb illegal drug trafficking in the district and arrest the criminals. In the same sequence, under the direction of ASP Sarita Singh and supervision of DSP Rural Chittorgarh Shiv Prakash, blockade was being done by the team of Palchha Tiraha of Bijaypur police station by the police station officer and the district special team in-charge. During the Nakabandi, a Swift car was seen coming, its driver got down and ran away after hitting the barricades while speeding out of the Nakabandi site. A pickup vehicle was seen coming behind the same Swift car in which three persons were seen sitting. The pickup driver and the person sitting on the passenger side got down and started running away, when DST in-charge Munshi Mohammad Uni and the police Japta, standing nearby, started moving closer to catch them, then the person sitting on the passenger side ran away with the intention of killing the police Japta with a pistol and a gun. Fired from. To which, Munshi Mohammad Uni, the district special team in-charge for rescue, also fired from the government pistol in response. The pickup driver and the person sitting in the passenger side started running into the forest, on which the person sitting in the passenger side was identified as Udaylal son of Ratanlal Gurjar, resident of Pemakheda, Bijaypur, who fled from the spot. The person sitting in the middle of the vehicle pickup was caught on the spot by the police station officer and police Japta. Since it was night time and there was a dense forest nearby, the pickup driver and the passenger sitting on the passenger side took advantage of the darkness and ran away into the dense forest. Another vehicle, an unnumbered Bolero car, came behind the pickup, in which three persons were sitting, whose driver, seeing the police, turned the Bolero car back and drove away. When the person sitting in the pickup caught by the police was asked about the persons sitting in the Bolero car, the name of one was told to be Bhanwar son of Kalu Nayak, resident of Badawali of Kanera police station and two other persons. The above three vehicles came together – Swift car in front, pickup behind it and Bolero car behind. Udayalal and the pickup driver ran away after firing. When the police searched the pickup stopped on the spot, they found illegal opium Dodachura (10 quintals, 40 kg, 820 grams) in 55 black plastic bags filled in it, which was seized and the pickup and Swift along with one empty and 11 live rounds of Barabor gun were found in the pickup. The car was seized and the accused, 36-year-old Lal Singh, son of Pratap Singh Rajput, resident of Badawali of Kanera police station, was arrested. Advance investigation is being done by registering a case under NDPS Act, murderous assault and Arms Act at Bijaypur police station. According to police information, a reward of Rs 25,000 has been announced by the Superintendent of Police office on the arrest of the accused Udaylal son of Ratanlal Gurjar, resident of Pemakheda, who fled from the spot.