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Raiding police team attacked in ‘infamous’ Moga village

A police team, led by the deputy superintendent of police (DSP), Dharamkot, was attacked during a raid at Daulewala village on Friday. The village, about 17 km from Moga, is notorious for drug peddling and most of the villagers, including children, are involved in drug smuggling.

Updated on: Dec 31, 2016, 15:13:53 IST
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A police team, led by the deputy superintendent of police (DSP), Dharamkot, was attacked during a raid at Daulewala village on Friday.

This is the second incident in a month while sixth in the year in the district, in which cops were attacked and faced embarrassment. (HTRepresentative Image)
This is the second incident in a month while sixth in the year in the district, in which cops were attacked and faced embarrassment. (HTRepresentative Image)

The village, about 17 km from Moga, is notorious for drug peddling and most of the villagers, including children, are involved in drug smuggling.

This is the second incident in a month while sixth in the year in the district, in which cops were attacked and faced embarrassment.

The incident took place in the morning when DSP Lakhvir Singh led a team of cops to a raid a house in the village. The police had got information that Mahinder Kaur and Chand Singh, both of Daulewala village, are smuggling heroin and smack.

The police team, however, managed to arrest both the accused persons and also recovered 5gm smack from their possession.

Gurpiar Singh, station house officer (SHO), Fatehgarh Panjtoor, said that they have registered a case against both the accused persons and other 20-25 unidentified persons under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 21-61-85 of the NDPS Act.

Meanwhile, DSP Lakhvir was not available for comments.

 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Parampreet Singh Narula

Parampreet Singh Narula is a staff correspondent with the Jalandhar bureau at Hindustan Times. He covers political, rural and agriculture issues in Punjab.

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