DALTONGANJ, March 5 -- Coal-rich Latehar district is not poor in illicit cultivation of the poppy. Coal is mined illegally. Poppy is cultivated surreptitiously. Latehar police are after the two said sources.
DGP Anurag Gupta's all out war on poppy cultivation has seen a large-scale ruination of this illicit cultivation in the coal belt in Latehar district.
Last year 2023-24, poppy cultivation in 116 acres was destroyed.
However this year 2024-25 till date poppy cultivation in 702 acres has been destroyed.
SP Latehar Kumar Gaurav said "Police are ruthlessly destroying poppy cultivation. The DGP has asked for its ruination at the vegetative stage itself."
Asked which of the police station limits in Latehar district are prone and vulnerab...