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POPPY POSES A PROBLEM

On November 26, Rajasthan DGP (director general of police) M.L. Lathar dismissed from service SHO (station house officer) Seema Jakhar and three other police officers for their alleged role in the smuggling of opium husk in Sirohi. In September, Lathar had suspended Sirohi SP (superintendent of police) Himmat Abhilash Tak on similar charges. Since April, when smugglers killed two police officers, the DGP has been going after the illegal opium husk trade in the state.

Prices of the widely consumed opium husk have shot up in the

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