Chunabhatti police have nabbed a Vidisha based man selling tobacco products illegally violating orders under the imposed lockdown near Bansal hospital on Sunday. Goods worth Rs 95000 were seized from his possession.
After receiving information of a man selling tobacco products near Bansal hospital police team trapped the accused identified as Radhavallabh Agrawal. SHO Chunabhatti police Richa Jain said that the wife of the accused is undergoing treatment at the hospital and his pass provided by the administration is authentic but he was found violating the orders of lockdown. He was found selling tobacco goods.
For the past few days police were informed that someone is involved in selling tobacco products near Bansal hospital and based on the information a team was deployed in the morning at around 10.30 am and when the accused was selling tobacco products he was nabbed, she added.The packed tobacco mouth fresheners of Rajshree and other companies were recovered from his possession which he was carrying in his car which was seized by police.
Police said that in the action against the accused massive amount of tobacco products were recovered.
The recovered tobacco products were worth Rs 95000.After the investigation police have registered a case under sections 188, 269 and 270 of the IPC and section 4 and 5 of the COTPA Act.
The accused have also sold the goods to the retailers in the area and nearby areas is yet to be investigated. Police have started further investigation into the matter.