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Businessman Accused In Banned Drug Case In Bijnor Fell Into Ganga, Saved By Divers

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Kunal Mehta
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February 16, 2026

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Jagran correspondent, Bijnor. The drug dealer, who was caught selling banned drugs one and a half months ago, fell into the Ganga under suspicious circumstances near Gate No. 21 of the Barrage Bridge on Monday morning.

Somehow the divers took them out. After first aid, he was sent with his relatives. The businessman told that he had gone to feed the fishes. Meanwhile his foot slipped.

Sudhakar Rastogi has a medical store named Medicine Point on Civil Lines Road. He is a wholesaler of medicines. On December 25, the Central Bureau Narcotics team raided the Medicine Point and recovered banned medicines.

In this case, a case was filed by the team in the city police station. Since then Sudhakar Rastogi was absconding. Reached gate number 21 on the barrage bridge located on the Bijnor-Meerut highway at Ramraj area of ​​Muzaffarnagar district at 8.30 am on Monday morning. Suddenly he fell into the Ganges. When people nearby raised an alarm, divers descended into the Ganga with a motorboat and rescued them.

On information, Ramraj police station in-charge Ravindra Yadav also reached the spot. SO said that the businessman said in his statement that he was feeding the fish when suddenly his foot slipped. The outpost police took them out with the help of a diver. However, there is talk that he is mentally disturbed after the raid by the Narcotics team and the registration of the case.

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