The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has registered a case against an assistant Inspector General (AIG) of the Human Rights Cell of the Punjab Police along with two others for alleged extortion and taking bribes from government employees, said officials.
According to Punjab police, "The incident took place early in the morning at 2:00 am near Mehlan Chowk in Sunam Taluk of Sangrur district. The six passengers were returning after paying obeisance at the Dargah of Baba Haider Sheikh in Malerkotla."
On November 1, during the afternoon hours, on specific information regarding the presence of a drone, a joint search operation was launched by BSF and Punjab Police on the outskirts of Village Rajatal, District Amritsar, the BSF Punjab Frontier said in a statement.
A joint operation was launched by the Punjab Police and BSF on the basis of specific input that was received regarding the presence of narcotics items on the outskirts of Kalsian village.
"During the search operation, at about 7:10 pm, a drone in broken condition along with 1 battery and 1 broken bottle wrapped with yellow adhesive tape, attached with a ring for hanging it with a drone, was recovered from the farming field adjacent to Village Dholan, said the statement.
"They were assigned for targeted killings in a big city in Punjab... They stayed there and were waiting for directions from their handlers. The handlers are in different countries...This is a great success... I would congratulate the team," Punjab police IG Gurpreet Singh Bhullar told ANI.
The search operation launched during the morning hours of Saturday at around 8:30 am led to the recovery of a drone that had contraband items attached to it with the help of tape, said an official statement.
In a major breakthrough against organized crime in the state, Punjab police have busted a terrorist module and arrested 4 operatives of outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI).
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Traffic Punjab Amardeep Singh Rai on Friday reviewed the Special Induction Training of "Sadak Surakhya Force (SSF)"-- a flagship project of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann--at the Punjab Police In-Service Training Centre in Kapurthala.