News:2025-02-23/Enforcement/forest-department-and-police-seize-liquor-and-cannabis-from-shivaratri-pilgrims-at-the-rajabhatkhawa-gate

News record23 February 2025Enforcement

Forest department and police seize liquor and cannabis from Shivaratri pilgrims at the Rajabhatkhawa gate

Uttarbanga Sambad reported that Alipurduar police and the district administration began checkpoint searches to stop pilgrims carrying intoxicants to the Jayanti Mahakal temple for Shiva Chaturdashi. The report said the forest department and police started checking at the Rajabhatkhawa gate on the approach to Jayanti, and that in the two days to Tuesday they seized liquor and ganja together worth over a lakh rupees from pilgrims. No cannabis-specific quantity or value is given, because the figure covers liquor and ganja together. A deputy field director of the Buxa Tiger Reserve told the paper the watch would run until the 28th. The report says the road to the temple continues about 4 km beyond the India to Bhutan border under Bhutanese jurisdiction, where stalls sell liquor and ganja, which is the outlet's own reporting.

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Date23 Feb 2025

CategoryEnforcement

CountryIndia

State / provinceWest Bengal

District / areaAlipurduar

LocalityRajabhatkhawa

AgencyBuxa Tiger Reserve forest department; Alipurduar district police

Coordinates26.62, 89.53

Coordinates are approximate.

Source report

2025-02-23 Enforcement Forest department and police seize liquor and cannabis from Shivaratri pilgrims at the Rajabhatkhawa gate Uttarbanga Sambad reported that Alipurduar police and the district administration began checkpoint searches to stop pilgrims carrying intoxicants to the Jayanti Mahakal temple for Shiva Chaturdashi. The report said the forest department and police started checking at the Rajabhatkhawa gate on the approach to Jayanti, and that in the two days to Tuesday they seized liquor and ganja together worth over a lakh rupees from pilgrims. No cannabis-specific quantity or value is given, because the figure covers liquor and ganja together. A deputy field director of the Buxa Tiger Reserve told the paper the watch would run until the 28th. The report says the road to the temple continues about 4 km beyond the India to Bhutan border under Bhutanese jurisdiction, where stalls sell liquor and ganja, which is the outlet's own reporting. https://uttarbangasambad.com/jayanti-mahakal-temple-jayanti-mahakal-temple-alipurduar/ India West Bengal Alipurduar Rajabhatkhawa 26° 37' 12.00" N, 89° 31' 48.00" E Buxa Tiger Reserve forest department; Alipurduar district police