{"id":16369,"date":"2025-12-08T05:10:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T05:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=16369"},"modified":"2025-12-08T05:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T05:10:53","slug":"woman-collapses-as-police-uproot-massive-ganja-plantations-in-sepahijala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/08\/woman-collapses-as-police-uproot-massive-ganja-plantations-in-sepahijala\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Collapses as Police Uproot Massive Ganja Plantations in Sepahijala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tripura, 08 Dec 2025: <\/strong>A large anti-narcotics operation in Sepahijala district on Sunday took an emotional turn when a woman cultivator collapsed after witnessing security forces destroy vast illegal ganja plantations in Ramnagar\u2019s Puran Paghli Bari area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation, led by Bishramganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Ajit Debbarma, involved nearly 150 personnel from TSR\u2019s 1st and 11th Battalions, CRPF, forest officials and women police. The teams entered a rubber plantation belonging to the Forest Department, where cultivators had allegedly used hectares of land to grow mature ganja plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As demolition work began, panic and distress spread among the cultivators most of them women. Several rushed forward, crying and pleading with the officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One woman begged, \u201cSir, please don\u2019t destroy our crops. My daughter\u2019s wedding is this month.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another added tearfully, \u201cMy son studies in a hostel. How will I pay his fees if this goes?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A third woman said, \u201cMy husband is bedridden. This is all we have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some cultivators fell to their knees, joining their hands and pleading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSir, this is our last hope\u2026 don\u2019t cut everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the pleas, the security forces proceeded, explaining that the cultivation was illegal. In the chaos, a woman suddenly collapsed inside the plantation. Other cultivators splashed water on her face and managed to revive her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few male cultivators also attempted to resist, wielding sticks and shouting, \u201cStop cutting! Don\u2019t touch our fields!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the overwhelming presence of security forces forced them to retreat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By midday, the joint team had cleared 32 forest plots, destroying more than four lakh mature ganja plants, estimated to be worth \u20b920\u201325 crore in the illegal market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to the media after the operation, OC Ajit Debbarma said the team encountered significant resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome cultivators tried to block our entry by felling a large tree on the road,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut ganja cultivation is illegal, and we will continue such operations. Our message is clear\u2014stop growing ganja.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He confirmed that the anti-ganja drive in the Bishramganj jurisdiction will continue in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sepahijala district has long been known as one of Tripura\u2019s main hubs of illegal cultivation. Despite frequent large-scale destruction drives, new plantations continue to emerge, showing the deep-rooted dependency of many families on the trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tripura, 08 Dec 2025: A large anti-narcotics operation in Sepahijala district on Sunday took an emotional turn when a woman cultivator collapsed after witnessing security forces destroy vast illegal ganja plantations in Ramnagar\u2019s Puran Paghli Bari area. The operation, led by Bishramganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Ajit Debbarma, involved nearly 150 personnel from TSR\u2019s 1st and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":16368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[3076,70],"ppma_author":[1174],"class_list":{"0":"post-16369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tripura","8":"tag-destroyed","9":"tag-ganja"},"authors":[{"term_id":1174,"user_id":33,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kamaljamatia","display_name":"kamal jamatia","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/564a074770eb17d36f3af441d462b8a2a809599748f74220740b1d3b52879fcf?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Faguli.in%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2FPHOTO-2023-09-14-08-30-32-3.jpg&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16370,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16369\/revisions\/16370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16369"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=16369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}