Hemp business father-son sentenced in Khagaria: Court sentenced 1 year rigorous imprisonment, used to do business under the guise of grocery store

Additional District and Sessions Judge-III Thakur Aman Kumar on Thursday sentenced one-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. After sentencing, both father and son were sent to Mandal Jail Khagaria.

According to the information received from Special Public Prosecutor Mohd. Sher Ali Khan regarding the incident, the court has given the above sentence after finding sufficient evidence against both the accused. According to the information received last year, on December 15, 2021, during a raid in Karna village, Parbatta police recovered seven hundred grams of ganja kept in black colored polythene in Mantu Singh’s grocery shop on secret information. On the spot, the shop owner Mantu Singh and his father Vedanand Singh, residents of Karna, were arrested and sent to jail on the charge of selling ganja. It is said that both father and son were involved in the black business of drugs under the guise of a grocery shop, whose complaint was being received by the police. After which the police raided the shop and took action.

Ganja and smack business increased after prohibition

Let us tell that after the implementation of the prohibition law, the business of hemp and smack has increased in the district. A large number of drug addicts are consuming such intoxicants. Due to which its business has also increased. It is said that usually in all the villages, ganja and smack are being sold secretly.