Indore link emerges in MD drugs racket:Factory spread across three hectares in Agar Malwa forest, police seized 600 kg of chemicals

A drugs factory was found operating inside a nursery in Agar Malwa. The Narcotics Department raided Teerth Nursery in the Amla area early on Saturday and seized 31.25 kg of MD drugs. The local police said the drugs are worth around 10 crore rupees in India and over 50 crore rupees internationally. The nursery owner, Kaluram Ratadia, is from Modi village near Susner and has more than four cases, including drug trafficking in Haryana. The illegal factory was hidden inside the jungle, and the drugs were being supplied to other states, including Haryana. Dainik Bhaskar investigated the matter. It was revealed that Kaluram had also sold land to a person from Indore. This information is also available in the revenue records. Read the report… Drug manufacturing machines also found
During the search in the raid by the Narcotics Department, a lab for manufacturing MD drugs was found inside the nursery premises. From the spot, 31.250 kg of finished drugs, about 600 kg of chemicals, machines and technical equipment used in drug manufacturing were seized. Managers Siddhanath, Dhara Singh and Prahlad Singh have been arrested and a case has been registered in the matter. Nursery board, wire fencing
Amla is about 18 km away on the Jhalawar-Kota road, 25 km from Agar Malwa district headquarters. From here, about one kilometer before the Hanuman temple and crusher, a path goes into the forest. About two kilometers from here, along a dirt road, is this nursery. Outside, a board for Teerth Herbal Farm and Nursery is displayed. There is wire fencing all around. Nearby are agricultural lands of other farmers. Land in the name of an Indore resident in revenue records
Dainik Bhaskar spoke to Patwari Suresh Rajput and checked the records on the Revenue Department’s website. The land on which the nursery-like farmhouse is built has Khasra number 816(S). According to the records, document number MP512812024A1400131 was sold on March 28, 2024, to Anil Kumar and Abhay Kumar, sons of Manakchand Pokharna, residents of Indore. Its area is 2.93 hectares. Other land adjacent to this area is registered in the names of Shobha wife of Anil Pokharna, Mamta wife of Sandeep Pokharna, Chanchal Bai wife of Abhay Pokharna, and Sandeep son of Abhay Pokharna. Additionally, land is also registered in the revenue records in the names of Kaluram, Aarti, and Santoshbai of the Ratadiya family. The Ratadiya family had been operating a nursery here for years. Record of Drug Trafficking
Dainik Bhaskar investigated the criminal record of Kaluram Ratadia, the owner of the nursery. Kaluram was found to have a record of drug trafficking and other criminal activities. On March 2, 2010, a case was registered against Kaluram, son of Laxminarayan Ratadia, under sections 15 and 29 of the NDPS Act at Thanesar Sadar Police Station in Kurukshetra, Haryana. Case of assault, death threats also Called three times, mobile switched off
Dainik Bhaskar’s team called Kaluram Ratadia and his wife Aarti Ratadia’s mobile numbers three times, but they remained switched off. Furthermore, a call was made to the mobile number 6265681574 listed on the farmhouse board, but the call was not received. The other number, 9644555255, also remained switched off.