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14 June 2024
13 : The Cultivation of Poison
Kartavya: Duty with Dedication
Chapter:13
The Cultivation of Poison
Ganja Cultivation
in Aravalli! Isn’t it hard to believe? But the whole division was stunned when
the Aravalli district police cracked a massive racket of Ganja cultivation down
based on information.
The youth
of a country is the future of her. Therefore, the enemies of the country are always
in a search for an opportunity to ruin the lives of such promising youths by
making them addicted to drugs. Drugs, heroin, Charas, Ganja, opium, these all
are the absolute poisons to obtain their target., Although, the government is grave
serious and set on to stop drug addiction. The Aravalli district LCB busted a
huge racket of Ganja cultivation worth around two and a quarter crore and dealt
a huge blow to the enemies of the country.
While describing
that heart-felt operation, LCB PI K.D. Gohil tells: “I was busy with my routine
office works on that day as usual. There I got an unknown call from a stranger speaking
in a panicked voice. As he said he had something very serious to inform. He
added anxiously that his life might have been in danger if someone could have come
to know about his giving the information. Yet, he wanted to share for it was an
indispensable news.
“I
assured him for his identity would be skeleton in the cupboard. My heart dropped
for a moment when I heard what the stranger said the next. He carried on
mumbling, “Sir! The youth of the country will be ruined. Please do save them.
The poisonous Ganja is cultivated in one of the villages of Bayad block. Please
cease this cultivation and extricate the youth of our great nation, Sir.”
“At first, I was shocked to know about the
cultivation of Ganja in our district itself, but the stranger had a stab of
pain in his voice. As there was a ring of truth, the wheels were set in motion
to investigate in that direction.
“I
shared all those particulars with District Police Chief Sanjay Kharat. He took
the matter extremely seriously and ordered an immediate investigation to detain
the entire racket.
“We
started on a secret mission. First, we connected the stranger who had called
me. the Our team reached at night for a search operation in the fields of the
village where Ganja was being cultivated. The whole village was fast asleep.
The police team reached the outskirts of the village with full preparation. That
stranger also joined us. Although he had a mask on his face. We could only see
his eyes. Our team moved towards the direction under his leadership. We were
passing fields one after another in the dark night. There the stranger halted
at the edge of a field. where Toor was grown. The man beckoned us to enter the
farm.
“Crossing
the big Toor plants, when we reached at the middle of the field, we were
stunned to see the Ganja plants grown under the semblance of Toor cultivation.
As it became necessary to examine the surrounding farms as well, we proceeded. And
it was beyond our imagination. In second field, we got the same scenery, also
in third, in fourth and in fifth and so on…. it continued. The whole team was
amazed to see such a large amount of Ganja cultivation.
“The operation lasted for 36 hours day and night. With the
help of drones, the crops grown in the fields of an area of about two kilometres
were monitored. We needed many tractors as we started to collect the complete Ganja
cultivation. A total of 2272 kg of green Ganja plants were seized. The
estimated cost of which was two and a half crores. The entire police team was
awake day and night and carried out the entire operation.
“With that
successful operation, the police confiscated the belongings that ruined the
lives of many youths. Criminals who were cultivating Ganja were caught. The
next question was how the Ganja seed reached there. After rigorous enquiry, we
found that the Ganja seeds were supplied by 'The Elephant Maharaj' - as the
supplier was identified by that name only among the accused. The accused knew
neither the face nor the original name of the supplier.
“A
tip-off from a stranger led to an important operation. Even after the success
of the operation, the man refused to give his true identity to the police. And
we also respected his sentiment of anonymity. I wanted to ask the informant one
last question about why he got us the respective information on the verge of
his death. His answer shocked my heart.
“As he replied,
'Sir, I also had a brother whose life was ruined by the Ganja addiction. At the
end, his condition was so pathetic. As a family we could not help him anyhow. I
have lost my brother. I have risked my life so that no other brother should
follow this path of destruction.”
Contentment
reflects in the eyes of PI K.D.Gohil for successfully completing that operation
as he concluded the report here.
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Kartavya, a police diary by Mr. Ishwar Prajapati in Gujarati
©️Translated into English by Pallavi Gupta🌷
12: Strike on Bootleggers
Kartavya: Duty with Dedication
Gujarat has been the birthland and the realm of actions of Mahatma Gandhi.
Gandhi gave an important place to prohibition of alcohol in the constructive
programs. During his movement, there was a widespread propaganda in the society
about banning the alcohol. Many women used to go picket numerous liquor shops.
Due to the impact of Gandhiji's ideology, ban on liquor has been introduced in
Gujarat, but many anti-social people as well as drunken drug addicts continue
to defame Gujarat by smuggling liquor.
Additionally, Aravalli
district is situated at the borders of Rajasthan. So, the notorious bootleggers
are always in a search of chance to misuse the Aravalli routes for smuggling liquor.
Aravalli District Police is determined to discipline such notorious
bootleggers. There are many instances of bootleggers, who are pestered by the
strict police, carrying out some fatal attacks on policemen. Once, at night
time, the bootleggers had driven over a PSI officer who was inspecting the
vehicles at Rajasthan border. He was seriously injured in that incident and
died during treatment. Martyrdom of that brave policeman is unforgettable for the
district police.
The district police heavily knocked down the liquor smugglers and
bootleggers. In a couple of years, the police have seized all types of liquor along
with the vehicles worth crores of rupees and have arrested those notorious
bootleggers.
The police have worked their fingers to the
bone to prevent the smuggling of alcohol and other intoxicants. The police have
tightened their patrolling around borders of Rajasthan and have given a stern warning
to all the bootleggers. During the last three years, the district police has
registered a total of 9863 cases of prohibition and has segregated a total of
454 cases as quality cases. Thus, they have provided an excellent example by
taking strict action. The district police chief Sanjay Kharat did not even spare
the police if anyone was suspected to be involved in the smuggling of liquor. Serious
actions such as suspension were taken against the policemen for disgracing the
police uniform by cahooting with the bootleggers.
Details
of prohibited cases in Aravalli district are as follows.
Details of the confiscated matters in cases of prohibition |
Details of the confiscated matters in the quality cases of prohibition |
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Dated 04/08/2020 to 31/03/2023 |
Dated 04/08/2020 to 31/03/2023 |
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Total case |
The value of prohibited |
Property value |
Total value |
Total case |
The value of prohibited |
Property value |
Total value |
9863 |
50102 Litres of local alcohol Worth Rs. 421520 601167 bottles worth Rs. 115479518 |
833 vehicles worth Rs. 183059880 And other matters worth Rs. 1076164 |
Rs. 301932313 |
454 |
598405 bottles worth Rs. 76474479 |
495 vehicles worth Rs. 292872000 and other matters worth Rs. 10770004 |
Rs. 393943918 |
The Aravalli district police has defeated
the bootleggers with their brave actions. Bootleggers are forced to think a
thousand times while traversing the Aravalli routes. This can be said to be the
biggest victory of the district police.
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Kartavya, a police diary by Mr. Ishwar Prajapati in Gujarati
©️Translated into English by Pallavi Gupta🌷