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Mahasamund police busts Pushpa style Khair wood smuggling syndicate with 2.5 crore cash seized
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News18•16-10-2026, 23:09
Mahasamund police busts Pushpa style Khair wood smuggling syndicate with 2.5 crore cash seized
- •Mahasamund police busted an interstate Khair wood smuggling syndicate operating like the movie Pushpa using fake NOCs and bogus billing.
- •Police seized a total of 70 tonnes of Khair wood across Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh.
- •A total of Rs 2.5 crore in cash has been recovered so far from the premises of the kingpin and middlemen.
- •Key masterminds including Manish Agarwal and syndicate member Satpal Singh from Himachal Pradesh have been arrested.
- •The operation utilized Financial Intelligence and GST return analysis to dismantle shell companies and mule accounts.
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The Mahasamund police have seized a total of Rs 2.5 crore in cash throughout the interstate Khair wood smuggling investigation, which includes Rs 1.70 crore recovered from middlemen and another Rs 81 lakh previously seized from the premises of main kingpin Manish Agarwal.
According to SP Prabhat Kumar, successive police operations spanning across Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh have resulted in the seizure of a total of 70 tonnes of Khair wood.
Police have arrested Satpal Singh, an operating member of the 'Shiv Traders' bogus billing syndicate from Himachal Pradesh, along with other key suspects including Manish Agarwal, Paritosh Mishra, and Akhilesh Singhal.
