Police escort team raids Nagpur homes of two brothers, seizes banned gutkha worth Rs 9.37 lakh

Nagpur: The Police Commissioner's escort team raided Yashodhara Nagar at midnight and recovered banned gutkha worth Rs 9.37 lakh. The stock was hidden in a tin-shed room of a house and in a rented room. A case has been registered against two brothers.

The team learnt that banned gutkha, pan masala and scented tobacco were being stored near Tipu Sultan Chowk and Noori Masjid in Mehboobpura, and raided both locations. The first was the house of Faeem Ansari, where the banned goods were hidden in a tin-shed room on the first floor. Police then searched the rented room of his brother Nadeem, alias Lakhan Ansari, where banned tobacco products were also recovered.

During questioning, Faeem Ansari told police that the seized goods belonged to his brother Nadeem, alias Lakhan Ansari. The two brothers together supplied banned gutkha and tobacco products to paan stall operators in different parts of the city. The house and the rented room were being used as warehouses. Police have registered a case against Faeem Ansari and Nadeem, alias Lakhan Ansari.