‘Nijaat’ campaign: 1054 arrested, 2022 litres liquor confiscated

Korba police have arrested 1054 people so far and confiscated 2022 litres of illicit liquor under the Excise and NDPS Act as part of an awareness campaign called “Nijaat” against drugs, narcotics, illicit liquor, and intoxicants in the last four months in the district, an official said.
The police have registered as many as 982 cases under the Excise and NDPS Act, out of which 102 accused of non-bailable cases were sent to jail. The Korba police started the awareness campaign ‘Nijaat’ against drugs, narcotics, illicit liquor, and intoxicants in July this year. The campaign is being run under the guidance of DGP Ashok Juneja and IG Bilaspur Ratanlal Dangi. Korba Superintendent of Police (SP) Santosh Singh said, “A total of 1033 accused in 964 cases under the Excise Act have been arrested so far, and 21 accused have been arrested in 18 cases under the NDPS Act. Besides, 2022 litres of liquor have been confiscated. Out of the total number of arrested accused in this campaign, a total of 102 accused in non-bailable cases have been sent to jail”.
“In recent action, large quantities of ganja, intoxicating tablets, cough syrups, hookahs, and eight motorcycles were also seized. Besides, action has been taken against the shopkeepers selling intoxicants in the restricted area near the school and college under the COTPA Act,” Singh said.
Singh further said, “We have been running this “Nijaat” campaign for the last one and half years in the different districts of Chhattisgarh. In Korba district, we started this campaign in July this year. It is a very impactful campaign in which we take action, make people aware, held counselling sessions from professionals, and organise various programmes for de-addiction.”
Apart from this, a total of 317 public awareness programmes have been conducted in the district. The awareness campaign is being promoted through chariots, jingles, meetings, rallies, etc. in haat bazaars, schools, colleges, functions and other religious events in the district. De-addiction cells are also under construction in the police stations of the district for the counselling of drug addicts, SP Singh added.