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Punjab police forms 1,228 village defence committees to fight drug abuse

Earlier, Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria flagged off a six-day foot march from Shri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor to Dera Baba Nanak, covering the districts of Gurdaspur and Amritsar

Punjab constable arrested with 17.7 gms of heroin, dismissed from service

Punjab Police constable Amandeep Kaur, known for flaunting luxury cars and her uniform on Instagram, has been suspended after being arrested with 17.7 grams of heroin in Bathinda

Punjab police assault case: Colonel's wife accuses govt of playing game

The wife of Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath on Tuesday said she has a feeling that the Punjab government was playing a game with them in the "assault" case even after the chief minister's assurance. Bath accused 12 Punjab Police personnel of assaulting him and his son over a parking dispute on the intervening night of March 13-14 in Patiala. Recently, he filed a plea in the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking transfer of the probe to the CBI or another independent agency. Bath's family has demanded a CBI inquiry into the matter, arrest of the accused policemen and the transfer of the Patiala SSP. On Monday, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had assured them that justice would be delivered in the case of "assault" on the Army officer. This was stated by Colonel Bath's wife Jasvinder Kaur after she met Mann here. Kaur also said the chief minister will be holding a meeting with officials in this regard. The chief minister had recently given the family time to meet him on Monday in

Wife of assaulted Colonel, ex-servicemen hold protest in Punjab's Patiala

The wife of the Army Colonel, who has accused 12 Punjab police personnel of assaulting him and son over a parking dispute, staged a sit-in protest outside the Patiala deputy commissioner's office on Saturday. She was joined by several ex-servicemen. The protest came a day after the Punjab Police registered a fresh FIR based on the statement of Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath. A high-level Special Investigation Team (SIT) has also been set up to expedite investigation. During the protest, the Army Colonel's wife, Jasvinder Kaur Bath, accused the 12 police officials of brutally thrashing her husband and son, and demanded speedy justice. BJP leader and former MP Preneet Kaur, who joined the protest, strongly condemned the incident. "As a citizen of India and the wife of an ex-Army officer (former chief minister Amarinder Singh), I stand in complete solidarity with the assaulted officer and family. I demand an impartial probe, so that the guilty get proper punishment," she said. Speaki

Next round of talks with protesting farmers on May 22, says Chouhan

Chouhan also said farmers are the food providers, serving the farmers is like worshipping God for us, this is the view of the BJP

Police assault Army colonel, son in Patiala, wife demands CBI inquiry

The wife of an Army Colonel broke down into tears on Friday, demanding justice for her husband and son, whom she alleged fell victim to an "unimaginable act of brutality" at the hands of some Punjab police officials. Addressing a press conference in Patiala alongside her son and a relative, Jasvinder Kaur Bath accused twelve Punjab Police officials of thrashing her husband, Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath and their son over a parking dispute and demanded that the case be transferred to the CBI for an impartial investigation. She submitted a representation to the Deputy Commissioner of Patiala, recounting the ordeal her family allegedly faced at the hands of the Punjab Police. Bath has demanded the immediate registration of an FIR based on her husband's complaint under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the naming of all 12 accused police officers in the FIR, and the immediate transfer of the accused officers out of Patiala. She further alleged that the police had not

Sitting or retired HC judge must inquire Colonel assault case: Cong leader

Punjab Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa on Friday demanded that a sitting or retired high court judge should inquire the complaint by an Army Colonel that he and his son were thrashed by 12 state police officials. "We demand an inquiry by a sitting or retired high court judge into the incident," Bajwa told reporters in Chandigarh, ahead of the opening day of the budget session of Punjab Assembly. Calling it a serious incident, the Congress leader said all the "erring" Punjab police officials should be arrested and dismissed from service. "Recently, (AAP national convener) Arvind Kejriwal was in Punjab, but neither he nor Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann have uttered a word about the incident," he said. Bajwa, who is Leader of Opposition in Punjab, also slammed the Bhagwant Mann government over the "deceitful" detention of several farmer leaders. He said the heavy barricades at the protest sites in Shambhu and Khanauri border were not put up by Punjab farmers, but the Haryana

7 aides of Amritpal Singh remanded to 4-day police custody by Punjab court

Radical preacher Amritpal Singh's seven associates were on Friday produced before a court here in connection with the attack on the Ajnala police station in 2023 and remanded to police custody till March 25. The seven were released from the Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam and re-arrested in another case by the Punjab Police. All seven detainees were produced before the court in Ajnala here under tight security and sent to four-day police remand, officials said. Police here sought the remand on various grounds, including to recover some mobile phones and weapons, and to conduct further investigations. The Punjab government had decided not to reinvoke the NSA at the end of the detention period of Amritpal's seven associates. Punjab Police had secured their transit remand and after completing the legal transfer process from Dibrugarh Central they were brought to Ajnala. A 25-member Punjab Police team had been camping in Dibrugarh for the past few days to facilitate the transfer of .

Punjab Police to transport 7 accomplices of Amritpal Singh from Assam

Pro-Khalistan radical preacher Amritpal Singh's seven accomplices, who were released from Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam following the withdrawal of NSA charges against them and re-arrested in another case by Punjab Police, will be flown to the northern state on Thursday, officials said. Punjab Police re-arrested them for attacking a police station on the outskirts of Amritsar in 2023 and got a transit remand from a local court here. "All seven detainees will be flown to Punjab under tight security. Punjab Police has secured their transit remand and are now completing the legal transfer process from Dibrugarh Central Jail," a senior official told PTI. A 25-member Punjab Police team has been camping in Dibrugarh for the past few days to facilitate the transfer of Singh's accomplices, who have been imprisoned along with the Waris Punjab De (WPD) leader here for nearly two years. "They will be taken to Punjab on two different commercial flights. Three of them have already been brough

Punjab Police arrests 7 aides of Amritpal Singh after release from Assam

Pro-Khalistan radical preacher Amritpal Singh's seven aides were released from the Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam after the expiry of their NSA remand but were arrested again by the Punjab Police in a different case, officials said here on Wednesday. A 25-member team of the Punjab Police has been in Assam's Dibrugarh for the past several days to facilitate the transfer of Singh's seven accomplices, who have been imprisoned along with the Waris Punjab De (WPD) leader here for nearly two years. "Today, Kulwant Singh, Harjeet Singh and Gurinder Pal Singh were released as their detention period in the National Security Act (NSA) has expired," a senior official told PTI here. Following their release, the Punjab Police arrested them again and presented them before a court in Dibrugarh and sought transit remand, he added. In the last two days, four others were released from the Dibrugarh jail and arrested again in the same case. "All of them were produced before the court and have been

Dallewal, Pandher detained; Punjab Police evicts farmers from protest sites

Several farmer leaders including Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal were detained in Mohali while returning from a meeting with a central delegation, as Punjab Police also began evicting protesting farmers from Shambhu and Khanauri border points which have been closed for more than a year. Farmer leader Guramneet Singh Mangat said the farmer leaders were detained in Mohali while they were headed to the Shambhu protest site after the meeting with the delegation led by Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema justified the eviction of farmers from the protest sites, saying industries and businesses have has been hit hard due to the prolonged closure of two highways -- "the lifelines of the state". "The AAP is committed to youths and generating employment. They will get jobs if the trade and industry functions smoothly," he said. There were signs from early in the day of impending police action at the two protest sites as

Amritsar temple blast suspect shot dead in firefight with Punjab Police

A suspect in the blast incident outside a temple in Amritsar was killed in an exchange of fire with police, a top officer said on Monday. Another suspect managed to flee, he said, adding that efforts were on to nab him. A blast had occurred outside the Thakur Dwara Temple on March 15 when a person hurled an explosive device towards it, damaging a portion of its wall and shattering window panes. Punjab Police Chief Gaurav Yadav said acting on specific intelligence, Amritsar police tracked down those responsible for the attack on the temple. "Police teams tracked the suspects in Rajasansi. The accused opened fire, injuring HC Gurpreet Singh and striking Insp. Amolak Singh's turban," said Director General of Police Yadav in a post on X. "Acting in self-defence, the police party fired back, injuring the accused. He was taken to Civil Hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries. The other accused fled, and efforts are on to arrest him," said Yadav. CCTV camera footage of the ..

ED attaches Chandigarh house of Punjab Cong MLA Khaira in drugs case

The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday said it has attached Punjab Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira's house in Chandigarh worth Rs 3.82 crore as part of a probe into a drug trafficking-linked money laundering case against him and some others. An order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on March 8 to provisionally attach the property located in Sector 5 of Chandigarh, the federal agency said in a statement. The asset is worth Rs 3.82 crore, it said. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleged Khaira "acquired and utilised" the proceeds of the crime to the tune of Rs 3.82 crore "generated" from an international drug syndicate operated by his "close associate" Gurdev Singh and his overseas-based associates. Reacting to the development, Khaira took to X to say, "I've just learnt through media that ED has attached my Chandigarh residence about which I want to clarify that I have received no notice about this from ED or any other government source. Even if the

Punjab police foils target killing plot, arrests 3 linked to Babbar Khalsa

The terror module was being handled by US-based gangster Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi Nawashehria, who is a close aide of Pakistan-based terrorist Harwinder Singh Rinda

Punjab Police raids 510 locations, arrests 43 smugglers in anti-drug drive

Punjab Police on Sunday conducted raids at 510 locations in an anti-drug drive, leading to the arrest of 43 smugglers, an officer said. In the two days of the drive, 333 such people have been nabbed and 27 first information reports (FIRs) registered across the state. Police also recovered 776 grams of heroin, 14 kg of opium, 38 kg of poppy husk, 2,615 intoxicant tablets and Rs 4.60 lakh in cash from these smugglers, the officer said. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had on Friday set a deadline of three months to make the state drug-free. The state government has also constituted a five-member cabinet sub-committee to monitor action against the scourge of drugs. Special Director General of Police Arpit Shukla said over 300 police teams, comprising over 2,000 personnel, conducted raids across the state and checked as many as 619 suspicious persons during the daylong operation.

Punjab Police crackdown on corruption, malpractices: 52 officials dismissed

The dismissals included one inspector, five assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs), four head constables (HCs), and 42 constables

Punjab Police busts terror module near Amritsar airport, 3 arrested

The police recovered one AK-47, a few rounds, a pistol of 0.3 bore and one of 0.32 bore with cartridges from them

Pure politics behind removal of security cover, says Arvind Kejriwal

A day after Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal were withdrawn, the former Delhi chief minister on Friday dubbed it as "pure politics". "I regret that personal security has been politicised," he said addressing a press conference here. His remarks also came after the AAP chief alleged that the police allowed a rival candidate's men to attack his car on Thursday on the orders of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Delhi Police dismissed the claim. At the press conference on Friday, Kejriwal also took a dig at the BJP and Shah over the law and order situation in Delhi due to the activities of gangsters. Kejriwal said that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who claims to have eliminated gangsters in his state, should give tips to Shah on how to rein in Delhi's gangsters. The AAP chief said "pure politics" was behind the move to "withdraw his security cover". There should not be any politics at least over personal safety and security,

Police use tear gas against Qaumi Insaaf Morcha protesters in Chandigarh

Police used tear gas shells and a water cannon to prevent the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha activists from heading towards Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's residence here on Tuesday. The Qaumi Insaaf Morcha activists also clashed with the police personnel at Sector 43 near Chandigarh bus stand, leading to injuries to three policemen, including an inspector. The Qaumi Insaaf Morcha, which is seeking the release of 'Bandi Singhs' (Sikh prisoners), had planned to march towards the Punjab chief minister's residence. The protesters had gathered in Mohali on the second anniversary of the morcha. Meanwhile, jailed radical preacher and Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh's father Tarsem Singh said that he was placed under house arrest in Amritsar by the Punjab Police. Tarsem Singh was to participate in the programme of the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha in Chandigarh. Barricades had been erected at several Chandigarh-Mohali border points to prevent the protesters from marching towards the chief minister's .

Punjab govt sacks DSP Sandhu for facilitating Lawrence Bishnoi interview

The government invoked Article 311 of the Constitution to dismiss the DSP who has been under suspension since October 25, 2024