A Dentist Involved in the Brown Sugar Business
Jajpur Town [Sadar]: The doctor who was involved in the brown sugar trade was himself taking this drug, also doing a sell-through agenda. From Baleshwar and Bhubaneshwar, the entire brown sugar trade was running. Jajpur Town Police today arrested 3 people including a Dentist doctor. The arrested doctor is Nigmanand Khatu (28) of Mahabir, Jajpur, who completed his training at a private medical college in Bhubaneswar and was serving there.
Later he came to Jajpur and opened a clinic called Sarasut in his house. Despite the opposition of the family, he could not stop the drug trade. The windows of his clinic have been damaged since his arrest. The other two arrested accused are from Kusuma city. Sandeep Kumar Malik (28) of the nearby Sinduraimuhe area and Rakyakar Dixit (27) of the Siddeshwar area. 25.2 grams of brown sugar was seized from both of them. The doctor informed the police that they were buying brown sugar from Dr. Khatua. but Brown Sugar was not found in Dr. Khatua’s house. Where did he keep the drug? The police are continuing to investigate him. Dr. Khatua has been arrested by the police after finding evidence that he had a phone call with two concerned youths.
In this incident, the police seized 4 mobile phones along with brown sugar, and based on the complaint of SI Prahallad Barik, the accused has been prosecuted in court after filing case number 427/23 section 21(b), 29(1) of NDPSA. In the press conference that the police are continuing further investigation into this incident, SDPO Satyabrata Lenka and Town Police Officer Bilamangal Sethi informed.
