The leader of the gang that brought brown sugar from Sasaram in Bihar to Ranchi and sold it in the State Capital was arrested on Friday.

The police team took action under the leadership of Kotwali DySP, Prakash Soy. During this time, gang leader Pintu Sah was arrested near Akashvani located on Ratu Road. Police have recovered 26 grams of brown sugar and many other items from him. SSP Chandan Sinha gave this information in a press conference in his office on Friday.

During interrogation, Pintu Sah said that the people of his gang supply brown sugar from Sasaram to Ranchi, and also bring it to Ranchi from time to time. Even today, he had come to Ranchi from Sasaram to deliver brown sugar to some people. During this time the police arrested him.

Jharkhand High Court, heard a PIL filed suo motu against the large-scale illegal cultivation of opium and growing drug trade in Naxal-hit Khunti district. During this time, the court has directed the central agency and the state intelligence agency to conduct a joint operation and take strict action to stop the buying and selling of drugs in Jharkhand.

The court orally said that Khunti is a tribal district and it is becoming a major opium producing area. This is not good. In this case, the court has made the state Home Secretary, DGP, DG CID and Narcotics Control Bureau as defendants and has directed the state government to file an affidavit explaining how to free Jharkhand from drugs. Now the next hearing in this case will be on 7th May.