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The Madhya Pradesh Congress has demanded the resignation of State Government Minister Pratima Bagri, a time aft her alleged member was arrested for smuggling marijuana successful Satna district.
According to the police, Anil Bagri was arrested connected Monday (December 8) based connected the interrogation of a antheral held earlier successful the time with astir 46 kilograms of ganja (marijuana) worthy much than ₹9.22 lakh.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Satna Rural, Premlal Kurve said that based connected a tip-off, a raid was conducted successful Maroha colony nether Rampur Baghelan constabulary presumption and Pankaj Singh Baghel was arrested aft marijuana was recovered successful aggregate atom sacks hidden successful beforehand of his house.
“In this case, helium told america that helium had received the ganja from Anil Bagri and 1 Shailendra Singh,” Mr. Kurve said, adding that each 3 men person been booked nether provisions of the NDPS Act.
“Anil and Pankaj were presented earlier a tribunal and person been sent to 14 days of judicial custody,” Mr. Kurve said, speaking to The Hindu.
A elder constabulary officer, connected the information of anonymity, said that Shailendra Singh is besides a brother-in-law of Ms. Bagri and had been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police earlier this period for alleged marijuana smuggling.
Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party Government implicit the contented and demanded that Ms. Bagri resigned from her station and Chief Minister Mohan Yadav gave up the Home portfolio.
“What connection is this? That the authorities itself is progressive successful cause trade? Madhya Pradesh unsocial successful the full state aims to gain gross of ₹17,000 crore from liquor income and is surpassing adjacent Punjab successful the amerciable cause trade,” Mr. Patwari said, claiming that instrumentality and bid successful the State has collapsed and Mr. Yadav should handover the Home Department to idiosyncratic else.
“Even aft this you don’t privation to springiness up Home Ministry, you are doing injustice to the State,” helium said.
Activists of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the students helping of the Congress, besides staged objection adjacent the residences of Mr. Yadav and Ms. Bagri, alleging that a cause web successful the State was moving “from the homes of ministers”.
Ms. Bagri, Minister of State for Urban Development and Housing, said that the constabulary are doing their occupation and immoderate transgression volition not beryllium spared.
“Anyone who does incorrect whether its a comparative oregon a household member, the constabulary volition instrumentality enactment against them. Even successful the past, they person done this work,” Ms. Bagri said, calling for an impartial probe into the matter.
Earlier successful the day, portion Ms. Bagri did not contradict the narration with Mr. Anil Bagri, she told reporters that the “media fabricates relatives connected its own”.
