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Ludhiana: SI arrested with heroin fails drug test
A police sub-inspector, who was arrested with 846g heroin on November 22, failed The accused, Harjinder Kumar, who was earlier posted as the Division 5 additional station house officer,'s drug test on Thursday. The accused, Harjinder Kumar, who was earlier posted as the Division 5 additional station house officer, admitted that he was addicted to drugs and had been consuming narcotics for the last three years. His aides ? Harjinder Kaur, 35, and Rohit Kumar, 20, of Phillaur in Jalandhar ? also tested positive for drugs.

JD(U)'s Upendra Kushwaha claims his convoy attacked
Janata Dal (United)'s Upendra Kushwaha, a former union minister, said the people who attacked his convoy had their faces covered. “I will tell you about the motive and the people involved in the incident later,” he said in a tweet.