Absconding accused in Rs 1.54 crore MD drugs case held in Chhindwara by Nagpur Crime Branch

Unit 6 of the Nagpur Crime Branch has detained from Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh an accused who had been absconding in the case of MD drugs worth Rs 1.54 crore seized in the Beltarodi police station area. The accused is Mohammed Sabir Ali alias Chaku, aged 31, a resident of Kamgar Nagar, Kapil Nagar.

The action came during the investigation of a case registered under the NDPS Act at Beltarodi police station. The case is an old one. Police had raided Vijaya Apartment in Narendra Nagar from the night of October 24, 2021 to the morning of October 25, 2021.

In that raid, police had named Aniket alias Annu Bihare, Tufan Singh Sisodia, Krishna alias Pehlwan Verma, Rahul Gond and Shubham alias Doraemon Narwariya as accused. A total of 1,405 grams of MD drugs powder and other material was seized from them. The total value of the seized goods was estimated at Rs 1 crore 54 lakh 50,700.

Six accused have so far been arrested in the case, while the search for the remaining absconding accused continued. Meanwhile, the Crime Branch Unit 6 team traced Mohammed Sabir alias Chaku through technical investigation and confidential information. Once he was located, the team detained him from Chhindwara.

After the detention he underwent a medical examination. He was then handed over to Crime Branch Unit 5 for further action.

According to police, the action was carried out under the guidance of Police Commissioner Vishwas Nangre Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police Navinchandra Reddy, Additional Commissioner of Police Rajendra Dabhade, Deputy Commissioner of Police Deepak Agrawal and Assistant Commissioner of Police Vaibhav Jadhav. Police inspectors Bharat Kanhade and Rajabhau Jadhav and the Unit 6 team took part in the operation.