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The Opium Dens | Rajasthan

Illegal sales, farmer-official nexus, massive corruption-a heady cocktail of illegal commerce surrounds the opium fields of Rajasthan.

When Rajendra S. Bidhuri, Congress MLA from Begu in Chittorgarh district, informed Dinesh M.N., IGP, Anti-Corruption Bureau, about SHO Virendra Singh Charan offering him a Rs 50 lakh share of the bribes he collects from the illegal opium husk trade, the top cop was taken aback. "It's not

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