MP alleges intelligence failure over Nanjangud drug racket

MYSURU Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has accused the Congress government of a serious intelligence failure following the alleged busting of an inter-State drug racket operating under the guise of a banana plantation in Nanjangud by the Keralam Police. In a statement here, Mr.

Yaduveer said it was shocking that the racket operating on Karnataka soil was detected by the police of a neighbouring State rather than the Karnataka Police or the State intelligence wing. He said this was not an isolated incident, pointing out that Maharashtra Police and central investigating agencies had intervened in recent years to expose organised drug networks operating in Mysuru.

“Such incidents raised serious questions about the effectiveness of the State’s intelligence machinery,” he added. Questioning the government’s repeated claims of intensifying its crackdown on narcotics and strengthening police surveillance, he asked how an illegal operation allegedly conducted under the cover of agricultural activity could go unnoticed by the local police.