UP Crime: Sources in the Special Task Force (STF) in Uttar Pradesh said that taking inspiration from Allu Arjun’s film ‘Pushpa’, seven smugglers who formed a red sandalwood smuggling gang have been arrested from Mathura. On behalf of the STF, it has been said that Deepak alias Dalveer, Ajit Kumar Yadav, Sumit alias Ram, Chandra Pratap alias Babbu, Sumit Das, Jitendra and Ranjit were arrested on the basis of information received from the Highway Police Station on Monday. Has been done
STF said that in a joint operation with the Forest Department team, 563 kg of red sandalwood worth about two crore rupees has been recovered from them. All the seven accused had come to Mathura to sell this red sandalwood.
Made a plan to smuggle after watching Pushpa film
According to the STF, the accused confessed that they had seen the film ‘Pushpa: The Rise’ and took inspiration from the film itself to steal expensive wood and earn quick money. Like the film, he had decided to earn money but was caught.
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The STF said that they used to bring red sandalwood illegally from Andhra Pradesh and sell it at religious places and areas around Mathura. An FIR has been registered against all these seven people at the Highway Police Station under relevant sections of the IPC and other acts.
To catch all these, the team of STF, Forest Department and Thana Highway Police had conducted a special checking operation on Monday night, during which all the seven accused were caught. While four accused are absconding. All these accused were traveling in two cars. On searching the car, more than five and a half quintals of red sandalwood was recovered. Its estimated cost is around two crore rupees.
