No one can see these flowers, that’s why they do farming in secret. The police were also surprised to see the detail.
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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Seeing these flowers from a distance, the mind gets excited, but the consumption of its fruits makes the mind wander. Many farmers know and understand. But, what does greed not do? Those who do not know, they are cultivated by telling them poppy seeds. Means… Sama, Daam, Dand, Bheda – in any way it is being cultivated in certain parts of Bihar. There is an initial price of 20 crores on 10 acres of crop, so people are cultivating it even forgetting the fear of law and police. This plant which looks beautiful from a distance is of opium. And, Naxalites are doing farming. In the changing circumstances, Naxalites have adopted this route to keep their economy on track. After a long time, the police in Naxal-affected Aurangabad district of Bihar has given a befitting attack on this economy of Maoists.
such an economy in a wooded hilly area
The police have destroyed opium cultivation in about 10 acres in Chuchhiya, Dhabi and Mahua villages of Dhibra police station in Badam and Dev block in the remote southern area of Madanpur police station. The cost of the wasted opium crop is being estimated at Rs 20 crore. Even more could have been earned when the crop was ready. Police has also recovered green opium. Aurangabad Superintendent of Police Swapna Gautam Meshram said on Tuesday evening that information was received about cultivation of opium in the forest areas of Chhuchhiya, Dhabi and Mahua villages of Dhibra police station in Badam and Dev block of Madanpur police station, but it was not known that these wild Such an economy of this highly intoxicant will be seen in about 10 acres in the hilly area.
The crop was hidden, preparing to extract opium inside
To hide the cultivation of opium from the eyes of the people, high altitude crops are planted around it for some distance. Madanpur Police Station President Shashi Kumar Rana told that the opium crop was kept hidden from all around by maize and pigeon pea crops. The opium crop was flourishing among these crops. When lumps of opium had emerged in them. Meaning that it was an early crop. The incisions were made in the knots. Opium is prepared by collecting the sticky substance that comes out of these incisions.
