Assets of 7 notable drug dealers seized in Tarn Taran dist
Police have come down hard on notorious drug smugglers of Tarn Taran, which is one of the worst drug-hit district of Punjab, by freezing their assets.
Up till now, the properties of seven smugglers , worth around ₹4 crore has been siezed, while the process of freezing the property of other smugglers is ‘being followed up expeditiously’, said the police.
The border district where more than 30,000 addicts are being treated at drug de-addiction centres is known to be a hub of drug trade and drug abuse. The Tarn Taran administration has already declared 66 of the total 547 district villages as ‘much-afflicted’.
Police sources said that on Monday, assets worth ₹2.37 crore of four bigtime smugglers who were involved in smuggling of commercial quantity of heroin were freezed. The assets were seized on the orders of Competent Authority (CA)—a statutory authority under the smugglers and foreign exchange manipulators (forfeiture of property) act 1976 and under the narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances act 1985.
Smugglers and their properties
Earlier on Saturday, Tarn Taran police had seized assets of three drug smugglers worth ₹1.53 crore. All seven accused whose properties have been seized belong to border villages notorious for drug trade.
On Monday, Sukhibr Singh’s assets worth ₹34.64 lakh which included a residential house and agriculture land were seized. A resident of Kasel village, he was booked in 2011 with 2 kg heroin in his possession.
Similarly, Dilsher Singh’s properties worth ₹36 lakh were siezed. Arrested with 1.3 kg heroin in 2013, he belongs to Havellian village—also known as ‘village of drug smugglers’.
Another smuggled from Havellian village, Mukhtiar Singh’s assets worth ₹1.20 crore were seized. He was arrested with 1 kg heroin in 2014. The assets of Chamkaur Singh of Sara-E-Amanat Khan village who was held with 2.5 kg heroin in 2014, have also been seized. On Saturday, Sukhbir Singh’s properties worth ₹73.22 lakh were seized. The Havelian village resident was arrested with 3kg heroin.
Assets of Balkar Singh, resident of Kalas village who was held with 1kg of heroin, worth ₹19.29 lakh was seized. Property worth ₹60.14 lakh of Jasbir Singh, resident of village Cheema Kalan, was also freezed. He was arrested with 1kg heroin.
Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Tarn Taran, Dhurruv Dahiya said the war against drugs was their top priority. “We will remain dedicated for sustained strict action against drug peddlers. Seizures of properties will break their backbone and economic support system. We are pursuing more such cases with the concerned authorities.”
Less time to read?
Try Quickreads
-
Pillars carved in Ayodhya to be used first in Ram temple construction
LUCKNOW Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will first use carved pillars and stone slabs from the VHP's workshop in Ayodhya for the construction of the main structure of Ram temple in the first phase starting from June 1. The temple construction committee said that June 1 is an auspicious date according to the Hindu religious calendar. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath had relocated Ram Lalla from the tent in Ram Janmabhoomi to the makeshift temple on March 25, 2020.
-
Ajay Kothiyal, AAP's Uttarakhand CM candidate, joins BJP in Dehradun
The Aam Aadmi Party's chief ministerial candidate for the recently concluded Assembly election in Uttarakhand, retired colonel Ajay Kothiyal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of CM Pushkar Singh Dhami in Dehradun. Kothiyal had resigned from the Arvind Kejriwal-led party last week. In March this year, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party returned to power in Uttarakhand as it bagged 47 seats, 11 more than the required majority in the 70-seat assembly.
-
Haryana municipal polls on June 19
Election to the state's 28 municipal committees and 18 municipal councils will be held on June 19 and the results will be declared on June 22, Haryana's State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh announced on Monday. Candidates can withdraw their candidature until June 7 from 11am to 3pm. Election symbols will be allotted to the candidates on the same day.
-
Gurugram cops implement new plan to tackle traffic amid heavy rain
The traffic police on Monday devised a new plan to manage congestion across the city during the monsoon and to ensure timely action by deploying teams at all key points with motors to pump out water before commuters could get stuck, unlike previous years when they would reach these spots after receiving reports of congestion. Police said that on Monday they had to remove accumulated water from major traffic intersections to allow commuters to pass.
-
Gurugram receives 73.4mm rainfall in 24 hours, breaks 25-year-old record
Heavy showers, accompanied by hail storms and strong winds, brought much-needed relief to the residents of Gurugram from sweltering heat and hot winds on Monday morning, with the city recording its highest rainfall at 73.4mm in the month of May in the past 25 years. Gurugram on Monday (around 5 30pm) recorded a maximum temperature of 39.3C and a minimum of 16.5C — around five and eight degrees below normal, respectively.
