Digital Desk: “Jhukega Nahi”, this dialogue from the Telegu film, Allu Arjun starrer ‘Pushpa: The Rise', is making rounds on Social media.
The story of the film ‘Pushpa’ revolves around the smuggling of red sandalwood. Allu Arjun is playing the role of ‘Pushpa’, who dons the role of a lorry driver and also a smuggler of sandalwood. Actor Allu Arjun is shown in the film smuggling red sandalwood by piling wood into a tanker and then topping it with milk.
The actor in the film challenges the law keepers in stopping him from smuggling red sandalwood and after successful attempts, he achieves the sweet taste of victory.
But in ‘real’ life the law keepers do not wait for the ‘directors cut'. Things get pretty tough when one tries to challenge the law and order.
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A Bengaluru based lorry driver attempted to smuggle red sandalwood in his truck on Wednesday, inspired by the ‘reel’ life sandalwood smuggler Allu Arjun in the Telegu film, ‘Pushpa: The Rise, but unfortunately, it wasn’t his day, nor ‘Srivalli’ prayed for him to return home safely.
According to reports, the smuggler identified as Yasin Inayithulla was on the way to Maharashtra from the Andhra Pradesh border with a lorry full of red sandalwood. After receiving information from the agents the Maharashtra police without wasting any moment set up barricades on the Maharashtra border areas.
Later, Maharashtra police at Gandhi Chowk, Meeraj Nagar, Sangli district, apprehended him after he crossed the border. The sandalwood, valued at Rs 2.45 crore, and his truck, valued at Rs 10 lakh, were seized by the police.
Speaking about the incident, Sangli Superintendent of Police Dikshit Gedam said, “We had received confidential information about illegal transportation of sandalwood. Based on this tip-off, we launched a joint operation with the forest officials and carried out a raid at Zakat Nakka. During this raid, we seized one vehicle and arrested one accused. We found around 1 ton of sandalwood worth Rs 2.45 cr and the vehicle is worth Rs 10 lakhs. We had registered the case under IPC sections 379, 34 and various sections of the forest act have also been invoked.”
Inspired by the movie, the accused Yasin had loaded the truck with red sandalwood first, then put fruits and vegetable cartons on it.
The smuggler managed to get across the Karnataka border without difficulty, but he was apprehended by Maharashtra police after crossing the border. The authorities are now conducting an investigation to determine the nature of the network that is behind him and how it operates.
