India, Dec. 10 -- An 18-year-old arrested by the Mandsaur police on charges of possession of 2.7kg opium in August this year was wrongly arrested in the drug case, the district superintendent of police (SP) has told the Madhya Pradesh high court.

Mandsaur SP Vinod Kumar Meena acknowledged flaws in the police case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act against Sohan Lal, a Class 12 passout.

According to the First Information Report, Lal was arrested with the opium in his backpack in front of a crematorium near Banda Khal intersection on August 29, 2025. But footage from a CCTV camera in a bus showed Sohal Lal being picked up from the vehicle hours earlier.

Sohan Lal, who aspired to join the civil services, w...