Gram Panchayat office along with two panch witnesses. The complainant reached the spot along with two panchas. The other Police Constables came with photographer, weighing machine and other articles. They were apprised about the information received by Police. The panch witnesses agreed to act as panch. All of them proceeded towards agricultural land. On reaching the residential area of Bandu More, they found one person standing in the agricultural field. He was questioned and he gave his name as Bandu Audumbar More. Inquiry was made with him about the ownership of agricultural field. He stated that agricultural land stands in his name. He is cultivating the said land. The raiding party then inspected the agricultural field. They found some plants cultivated in the field. They removed the plants and took smell of the leaves and they suspected that they were Ganja trees. The weight of the plants uprooted by them was 38 kgs 600 grams. They clicked photographs. They seized the Ganja trees. The value of Ganja was calculated to be Rs.1,93,000/-. The raiding party took samples of the plants. Bandu More was taken in custody. Thereafter they proceeded to the agricultural field of Jarichand Vishwanath Kumbhar. They found one person standing in the field. After noticing the raiding party he manged to run away from the place of field. The raiding party made enquiry with some women who were present near the place of incident and they disclosed name of that person as Jarichand Kumbhar, r/o.Bavi, Taluka Madha. The raiding party then entered into the field and noticed plantation of Ganja trees. They uprooted those trees and after they smell the leaves they suspected them to be Ganja trees. The weight of the Ganja trees was 95 kgs 300 grams. The value of the plants was found to be Rs.4,76,500/-. The complaint was lodged on 2nd November 2020.
