Ranchi: 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.On Friday, 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.