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HC orders ₹10 lakh compensation after spices mistaken for drugs
short by / on Wednesday, 20 May, 2026
Madhya Pradesh High Court ordered state government to pay ₹10 lakh compensation to businessman Ajay Singh, who spent 57 days in custody. He was detained after airport security wrongly identified his aamchur and garam masala packets as heroin and MDEA drugs. The incident happened during baggage screening at Bhopal airport. Later forensic testing in Hyderabad confirmed no narcotics were present.
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