New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party convener and former Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal has attacked the Gujarat government and the state police, over a report that rats ate up drugs kept in police custody. The leader took to social media platform, ‘X’, to call out the police and accused the government of giving a free hand to drug smugglers in the state.
Rats, theft led to disappearance of drugs: Gujarat’s Home Department
Kejriwal was reacting to news reports that approximately 2,332.68 kg of drugs seized by the police, vanished from their custody. A report in NDTV, which quoted the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), said that between October 2022 and July 2023, 6,510.54 kg of drugs were seized in the state. While 4,177.86 kg of the contraband was reportedly destroyed by the officials, at least 2,332.68 kg vanished from police custody.
This was approximately 35 per cent of the total drugs seized in the state. The issue sent alarm bells ringing regarding Gujarat’s evidence management system.
In response to the outrage that followed this news, the Home Department gave 3 reasons for the missing drugs. Officials said that 144.180 kg of ganja seized by the police was stolen, while the rest was reportedly either eaten or destroyed by rats. They blamed the rodents for eating up the ganja and opium seized during raids and said that this happened due to inadequate storage facilities for the seized items.
They further explained that over time the naturally green ganja and opium plants lost natural moisture content over time. This, according to the officials, led to the considerably low weight of seized drugs.
However the CAG was not convinced with any of the above explanations. He questioned how such a huge amount of drugs simply vanished and the police never found the reasons.
Kejriwal’s attack on Gujarat government
Now AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal has attacked the Gujarat government over the entire drug fiasco. In a post on ‘X’, in Hindi he asked, “2,300 kgs of drugs in Gujarat Police’s custody were eaten by mice? Whom are they trying to fool?”
गुजरात पुलिस की कस्टडी से लगभग 2,300+ किलो ड्रग्स चूहे खा गये.. ये किसे बेवकूफ बना रहे हैं?
लगभग 35% जब्त किए हुए ड्रग्स पुलिस की रखवाली से ही “गायब” हो गये। इस ‘गायब’ हुई ड्रग्स से कितने तस्करों को सप्लाई हुई? भाजपा के संरक्षण में गुजरात के हर कोने में ड्रग्स फैल रही है और… https://t.co/BbYqNFtFct
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 26, 2026
He further said that at least 35% of the seized drugs vanished from police custody. He asked, “Of the missing drugs, how many kilos were supplied to smugglers?” Accusing the state government he said that under the BJP government in Gujarat drugs were spreading to all corners of the state and lives were being ruined.
Kejriwal tagged a TV9 Gujarati report in his post on social media platform, ‘X’.