In a post shared on the social media platform X, Gaurav Yadav, Director General of Police, Punjab, said that the police have also recovered 3 kilogrammes of heroin as well as two pistols.
"I think what Arvind Kejriwal was saying earlier has turned out to be true today--- Operation Lotus has been floated just to break AAP and topple our governments in Delhi and Punjab," said the AAP leader.
Rinku, a Member of Parliament from Jalandhar, and Angural, a Jalandhar West MLA, met Nadda immediately after both of them joined the BJP at its headquarters here. Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar was also with them during the meeting.
In a setback to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, its Member of Parliament from Jalandhar, Sushil Kumar Rinku and Jalandhar West MLA Sheetal Angural joined the BJP on Wednesday.
In addition, Jagdale Nilambari Vijay has been posted as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Ropar Range, while Rakesh Kumar Kaushal has been appointed as DIG of the Border Range, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sibin C said.
Five ministers have also been made candidates for the Lok Sabha election, including Gurmeet Singh Khudian from Bathinda, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Amritsar, Laljit Singh Bhullar from Khandur Sahib, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer from Sangrur and Dr Balbir Singh from Patiala.
Jalandhar Commissionerate Police arrested nine members of the International Drug Smuggling Cartel and seized 22 Kg of Opium on Sunday, a police offical said.
Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Jalandhar has provisionally attached 64 properties worth Rs 1.64 crore of NGHI Developers India Ltd and its other group companies in connection with a Ponzi Scheme Fraud which affected thousands of investors across the states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Himachal
A case has been registered against the director and an actor of the Punjabi film 'Oye Bhole Oye' on a complaint from a leader of the Christian community, an official of Jalandhar police said on Saturday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended three officers of the Regional Passport Office in Jalandhar, including the Regional Passport Officer (RPO) in a bribery case related to the issuance of passports.