MP mega drug haul: Accused shoots himself in foot, surrenders in Mandsaur

Mandsaur: An accused in the mega mephedrone drug haul in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh allegedly shot himself in the foot to avoid "tough police grilling" and then surrendered in Mandsaur on Friday, an official said.

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad and the Narcotics Control Bureau on October 5 seized 907.09 kg of mephedrone worth Rs 1,814 crore from a factory in Bagroda in Bhopal.

"Premsukh Patidar alias 'farzi doctor' (phony doctor) was on the run after the drug haul. He surrendered at Afzalpur police station here with a gunshot wound in his left thigh inflicted with a country-made pistol. He is the fourth person to be arrested in the case," Mandsaur SP Abhishek Anand told PTI.

"A weapon was seized from Patidar, who has been admitted in the district hospital. The pistol seems to be illegal. Patidar wounded himself in a bid to avoid tough police grilling," the SP said.

Patisar is allegedly the partner of another accused in the case, Harish Anjana, as per police.