In a significant breakthrough, the Amritsar Commissionerate Police has dismantled an organized crime network linked to the foreign-based Kishan Gang, arresting four operatives within 8 hours. The arrests were made in connection with the murder of Municipal Councillor Harjinder Singh Dhaman.
Commissioner of Police GS Bhullar, present at the demolition site, said, "Earlier, this area was a drug hotspot. Now, the people are happy here as their children are not addicted because the availability of drugs is almost zero here."
According to a press release issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Punjab Frontier, BSF, the search operation was launched in a suspected area near the village Mahawa. During the search, troops recovered one packet of suspected heroin weighing approximately 567 grams.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a key associate of two Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) linked terror operatives who had carried out a grenade attack on a temple in Punjab's Amritsar in March this year, the agency said on Thursday.
Punjab Police on Thursday demolished illegal properties of two drug smugglers constructed on Panchayat's land. The illegal property was constructed by Jagpreet alias Jagga and Satnam alias, currently in jail for peddling drugs.
Crowds returned to the Attari-Wagah border and other key Joint Check Posts in Punjab on Tuesday, as the iconic Beating Retreat ceremony resumed today after a temporary suspension due to Operation Sindoor.
BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh participated in a Tiranga Yatra organised in Amritsar to honour the Indian armed forces for their role in Operation Sindoor.
Border Security Force (BSF) seized pistol parts, two drones and two packets of heroin in multiple places along the Punjab border on Monday, BSF said in a press release.
BJP Punjab President Sunil Jakhar has submitted a memorandum to Governor Gulab Chand Kataria demanding a time-bound probe into the Amritsar hooch tragedy and alleged links between AAP leaders and liquor mafia, citing 27 deaths and policy irregularities.