Special PMLA Court has issued summons to Surjit Singh Grewal (Retd. SSP Punjab Police), accused of amassing disproportionate assets while being a public servant, and others to appear before it on July 28, officials said on Saturday.
The internal Security wing of Punjab Police in association with the Department of Telecom (DoT) has begun an aggressive crackdown against distributors/agents involved in selling SIM cards on fake identities as the majority of cyber-crimes and anti-national acts are being carried out using mo
"An operation was launched in which we have arrested a wanted accused named Lakbhir Singh alias Lakha. A Chinese-made drone, 1.6 kg of heroin, a pistol, and a rifle were recovered from his possession," said Snehdeep Sharma, AIG, STF, Amritsar.
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, arrested six more accused on Tuesday in the illegal compensation scam involving the planting of guava trees in village Bakarpur, SAS Nagar district.
The exercise was conducted on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav as part of the ongoing drive to make Punjab safe and secure, said police officials.
The incident happened in Noorpur Bet village of the district and the deceased were identified as Kuldeep Singh (65), his wife Paramjit Kaur, and his son Pali Grewal. They had brutal head injuries.
Unidentified thieves stole a pre-Independence era bronze cannon weighing 300 kg from outside the Punjab Police officers' mess in Chandigarh, said officials.