Acting on a tip off, district Superintendent of Police Anup T Mathew and Sub-Divisional Officer Sudhir Kumar along with police force destroyed the poppy crop planted illegally in Hirapur and Dhobaghati village of the district, the SDO said.
"We had information about poppy crops planted on some land near the villages, but we were shocked to see the gamut of, Kumar said.
As the movement of police and other government employees was limited in the these Maoist-affected villages, a section of villagers had taken advantage of the situation and planted the crops, he said.