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Ludhiana: Drug racket busted with arrest of cop, 2 aides; 846-gm heroin recovered
The special task force of Ludhiana range have nabbed a sub-inspector, Harjinder Kumar, 50, and his two accomplices, including a woman, with 846-gram heroin
The special task force (STF) of Ludhiana range have nabbed a sub-inspector, Harjinder Kumar, 50, and his two accomplices, including a woman, with 846-gram heroin.
Snehdeep Sharma, assistant inspector general (AIG) of STF Ludhiana range, said Kumar was serving as additional station house officer (A-SHO) at the Division Number 5 police station and is a native of Gurdaspur; while his accomplice Harjinder Kaur, 35, and Rohit Kumar, 20, are from Sailkiana village in Jalandhar district.
Deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Devinder Kumar and inspector Harbans Singh, in-charge of STF Ludhiana range, said they had first nabbed Kumar on the basis of a tip-off with 16-gram heroin while he was heading to Basti Jodhewal from Ladhowal side on a bike. He was wearing his police uniform when he was arrested.
On the basis of information provided by him, they arrested the other two accused from Sailkiana village with 830-gram heroin. The AIG said Kaur has been involved in drug peddling for the past 10 years and is facing trial in multiple cases. Rohit works at a food processing unit in Phillaur and is facing trial in one drugs case.
“The trio is being questioned and we are trying to trace how many more people are involved with them,” said Sharma.
Police said Kumar had met Kaur in 2018 when he was posted at Phillaur police station.
ASI arrested for taking ₹5k bribe
Khanna police have arrested an assistant sub-inspector posted at the Payal police station for taking a bribe of ₹5,000 from a resident of Ghudani village.
The accused has been identified as Harpal Singh.
Gurpreet Singh, the complainant, said that he had gotten into a dispute with a resident of his village. He told police that Harpal had sided with the other person and demanded ₹5,000 from him to not initiate action.
A case was registered under Prevention of Corruption Act.
