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"1. You were regularly coming to Berhampur with Aska Ram Somani and smuggling cloths to Calcutta for purpose of blackmarketine there.
2. 10 days prior to 15-3-51 you and Aska Ram Somani were seen at Berhampur by A. Kameswar Rao of Berhampur smuggling mill-made cloths in huge quantities from Berhampur to Calcutta.
3. On 4-3-51 you along with Aska Ram Somani purchased 900 yards of mill-made cloth from Berhampur and got them stitched by a tailor M. Chandra Rao of Bhimaraopeta of Berhampur as garments to avoid detention and smuggling them to Calcutta.
4. On 14-3-51 you along with Aska Ram Somani were noticed at Berhampur while you were purchasing mill-made cloth from different shops by A. Kameswar Rao of Berhampnr and wireless A.S.I. Srikar Satapathy of Berhampur and got them stitched as garments by G. Kali Das of Khassapa Street, Berhampur, to smuggle them to Calcutta without being detected by the police on the way.
5. While you and Aska Ram Somani were removing these cloths in three bundles from Berhampur Town to Berhampur Railway Station, it was seen by G. Gangadhar and A. Kameswar Rao of Berhampur.
6. You and Aska Ram Somani got these cloths bundles booked by the railwaj parcel clerk K.P. Rao of Berhampur Railway station at the railway station on 15-3-51 in the name of Gupta Brothers, Calcutta.
7. While these three bags were being loaded in the Madras Mail, they were detected and seized by the police. On verification it was found that about 1467 yards of mill-made cloths were in the three bundles.
8. As soon as these three bundles of cloth were seized by the police, you and Aska Ram Somani concealed your presence in Berhampur town with a view to avoiding arrest. Necessary searches were made and you along with Aska Ram Somani were arrested while both of you were concealing your presence on the verandah of Silla Rajagopalam of Berhampur whereas your and Aska Ram's bedding etc., were kept at the Berhampur Choultry near the railway station.
It is therefore necessary for the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the community to prevent you from doing these acts detaining you under Act IV [4] oi 1950 as amended by the Preventive Detention (Amendment) Act, 1951.
You have a right of representation against this order to the State Govt. which you may exercise by presenting it in writing through the District Magistrate, Ganjam, within 15 days from the receipt of these grounds."

The grounds against Aska Ram Somani are identical with the names of Eatanlal Gupta and Aska Earn Somani interchanged.