A peaceful weekly prayer gathering at Gurdwara Shaheed Baba Deep Singh turned tragic after heavy construction material crashed onto devotees seeking shade from the heat.
According to the police, the cartel was being operated by a handler based in Dubai, and the network extended its supply chains from Punjab to Delhi.
According to preliminary investigations, the arrested individuals maintain operational linkages with the banned terror outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI).
In a move aimed at preserving the religious character of the holy city, the Amritsar district administration has reimposed restrictions on the sale and use of liquor, meat, tobacco products, and other intoxicants within the walled city area.
Targeting the BJP over the deaths of 700 farmers during the farm agitation, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann said Punjab would never forgive those who crushed the voices of annadatas while simultaneously attempting to weaken the state’s rights, resources and identity.
The arrested drug smugglers have been identified as Akashdeep Singh, 22, and Akash alias Mota, 19, both residents of Cheema Kalan in Tarn Taran; and Sandeep Singh, 30, a resident of Kotli Vasawa Singh in Tarn Taran.
Those arrested have been identified as Rahul Singh alias Kalu (20) of Thathi Sohal in Tarn Taran, Gurmukh Singh (21) of village Sudhar Rajputan in Amritsar, and Varinderpal Singh (32) of village Akalgarh Dhaphian in Amritsar.
The ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan, intensified by retaliatory strikes under Operation Sindoor, have now taken a heavy toll on aviation networks, with Pakistan's official closure of its airspace to Indian aircraft on 24 April triggering widespread disruption.
At least 15 people lost their lives, and many others were hospitalised after they consumed spurious liquor in Amritsar. According to police, the majority of the victims were from villages such as Bhangali Kalan, Thariewal, Sangha, and Marari Kalan under Majitha block in Amritsar district of Punjab.
Air India and IndiGo have announced the cancellation of flights to and from several key cities near the India-Pakistan border for Tuesday.
