{"id":69760,"date":"2025-12-26T04:45:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T23:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/tightening-the-opium-belt-in-madhya-pradesh\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T04:45:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T23:15:18","slug":"tightening-the-opium-belt-in-madhya-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/tightening-the-opium-belt-in-madhya-pradesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Tightening the opium belt in Madhya Pradesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nqenglish-card-frame\">\n<div class=\"nqenglish-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/r1mp4t\/article70433888.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/6744_20_12_2025_16_15_8_3_DSC_1904.JPG\" alt=\"Tightening the opium belt in Madhya Pradesh\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-cat lang-en\">\u090f\u0928 \u0936\u0949\u0930\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0938'<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-headline\">Tightening the opium belt in Madhya Pradesh<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-summary\">The Madhya Pradesh High Court\u2019s remark that a case against an 18-year-old man, arrested for illegal opium possession, was \u2018rather suspicious\u2019, led to the suspension of six police personnel. 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