Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 30: Two persons including a wholesaler have been arrested by Domana police for allegedly possessing banned 1082 Chinese thread rolls, commonly known as gattu/manjha.
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SDPO Domana Kosheen Koul told media persons that a comprehensive and commendable strategy was initiated to check and book those indulging in sale of banned killer ‘gattu’ (Chinese kite flying thread) in violation of the orders of District Magistrate, Jammu.
He said sensing the gravity of menace caused by ‘gattu’, he constituted a team which carried series of crackdown in different areas under the jurisdiction of police station Domana. “The team headed by Station House Officer, Mahesh Sharma acting tough against the sale of banned synthetic threads (gattu) raided several shops on Sunday evening and arrested one person namely Manohar Lal of Lakshmipuram, Jammu and recovered four rolls of Chinese manjha/gattu from his possession,” the SDPO informed.
The officer said that during further investigation, a reliable input was received that a person namely Sahil Behal is dealing in the sale of gattu in the area and a naka was laid at Bantalab. He said during checking, a car was stopped from which 64 rolls of manja/gattu were recovered, following which the car driver identified as Sahil Behal of Bakshi Nagar, Jammu was arrested.
“On his disclosure, further 1018 rolls of Chinese manja/gattu were recovered from a godown at Talab Tillo area,” the officer said, adding, a case has been registered in this connection at police station Domana and further investigation started.
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