Tag: Punjab Police
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Punjab CM Amarinder orders SIT to probe journalist KJ Singh, mother’s death
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday ordered Punjab Police to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death of senior journalist KJ Singh and his 92-year-old mother. Senior journalist KJ Singh and his mother were found dead at their residence in Mohali’s 3B2 area, police said on Saturday. According to media...
September 23, 2017 -
Senior journalist KJ Singh, mother found dead in Mohali
Senior journalist KJ Singh and his 92-year-old mother were found dead at their residence in Mohali, police said on Saturday. “There was injury marks on their necks,” Mohali Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Alam Vijay Singh said. Investigations are underway, police said. Singh has worked with The Tribune newspaper, The Indian Express and The Time...
September 23, 2017 -
Three drug smugglers arrested in Punjab
The Punjab police today busted an inter-state drug mafia with the arrest of three drug smugglers while also recovering 10 kg of poppy husk from them. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sandeep Kumar Sharma said the accused were arrested after their car was intercepted at a barricade at village Dhilwan on the Jalandhar-Amritsar national highway....
September 22, 2017 -
Two persons wanted by Punjab Police arrested
The UP ATS has arrested two persons wanted by the Punjab Police in connection with separate cases from Lakhimpur Kheri district, a top ATS official said today. The ATS team arrested Jitendra Singh Toni, wanted for allegedly supplying arms to the accused who fled from Nabha Jail, Patiala in November 2016, from Mailani area of...
September 19, 2017 -
Dera violence: Two including incharge of Panchkula centre held
Two key functionaries of Dera Sacha Sauda were arrested for allegedly inciting violence in Panchkula following the conviction of sect head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case, police said today. “Chamkaur Singh, who is the in-charge of Dera Sacha Sauda centre in Panchkula and Daan Singh, who is also a key Dera functionary,...
September 9, 2017 -
Jassi Sidhu honour-killing: Canada to deport accused mother, uncle
The Supreme Court of Canada has paved the way for extradition of Jassi Sidhu’s mother and uncle to India in a June 2000 honour-killing case in Punjab. On Friday, in a unanimous judgment by a nine-judge bench of the apex court, the siblings were ordered to be deported for their involvement in plotting Sidhu’s murder...
September 9, 2017 -
Punjab cop caught in helping drug racket
Punjab Special Task Force (STF) on Monday arrested Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Inspector Inderjit Singh for being involving in nefarious activities with smugglers of narcotics. Punjab police said during 2013 and 2014, Inderjit had played a big role in providing protection to smugglers of narcotics operating in his jurisdiction. The prima-facie accuse himself was organising smuggling and...
June 12, 2017 -
3 men from Assam arrested in Pathankot
Punjab Police has arrested three young men in Pathankot district on the basis of suspicion, police said on Wednesday. All three belong to Assam, sources said. The arrests were being linked to the Monday recovery of an abandoned bag containing three Army uniforms. The bag was left on Defence Road near Pathankot late on Sunday...
May 31, 2017 -
Pathankot on alert after Army fatigues found abandoned
A search operation was launched by the Punjab Police and the Army after an abandoned bag containing Army fatigues was found here, a police official said on Monday. A local resident informed the police about the bag yesterday following which the search operation was conducted in Pathankot city and Mamoon Cantonment here. "We conducted a...
May 29, 2017 -
‘KPS Gill was a legend and a Super Cop’
Padma Shri Kanwarpal Singh Gill, popularly known as KPS Gill, is physically no more. Sad and shocking the news is, but it is an irrefutable fact that such legends never die. They become immortal even after their physical demise. Institutions like him remain forever, notwithstanding the love-hate relationship which they might have had during their...
May 26, 2017 -
Trump calls Germans ‘very bad’, vows to curb car imports
US President Donald Trump has "reignited" tensions with his EU counterparts as he called the Germans "bad, very bad" for their trade surplus with the US. Trump vowed to block German car exports to the US during a meeting with top EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday, according to German news magazine Der Spiegel. "The...
May 26, 2017 -
BSF, Punjab Police bust terror module with Canada-Pakistan links
In a joint operation, the Boder Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police on Sunday busted a terror module with links to Canada and Pakistan. Two terrorists, who, according to police, were "planning to target enemies of the Panth", were arrested with a large cache of weapons and ammunition. Among the weapons seized by the...
May 21, 2017 -
Nabha jailbreak gangster arrested in Punjab
A wanted gangster involved in the sensational Nabha jailbreak in November 2016 has been arrested, a senior Punjab Police official said on Wednesday. Gangster Sukhchain Singh was arrested after the Organised Crime Intelligence Unit (OCIU) intercepted a car on the Nabha-Sangrur road following intelligence inputs, Assistant Inspector General of Police Gurmeet Singh Chauhan said. A...
April 26, 2017 -
18 IPS, 11 PPS officers transferred in Punjab
In a major reshuffle, the Punjab government has ordered transfer of 18 IPS officers and 11 PPS (Punjab Police Service) officers with immediate effect. Officers who were transferred included a Director General of Police (DGP), 13 Inspector General of Police (IGP) and three Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP). DGP Hardeep Dhillon, who is currently holding...
April 25, 2017 -
Didn’t know there was a case against me: Rakhi Sawant
Actress Rakhi Sawant on Thursday claimed she never knew a case had been filed against her for a remark she made in reference to sage Valmiki, thereby adding a new twist to the ongoing controversy. Rakhi told the media here: "I got to know from the media that I have been arrested, there's a case...
April 6, 2017 -
Under threat of arrest, Rakhi Sawant to address media on Thursday
Amid the ongoing controversy over her arrest, TV and Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant has called a press conference on Thursday here to clarify the issue. While the Punjab Police on Tuesday denied Rakhi had been taken into custody following an arrest warrant issued by a court in Ludhiana, her spokesperson said she would surrender. It...
April 5, 2017 -
Rakhi Sawant arrested over Valmiki remark
Punjab Police on Tuesday arrested Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant following a case that was filed against her for making derogatory remarks against sage Valmiki. A local court in Ludhiana had issued an arrest warrant against her for the remark. The warrant was issued on March 9 on the basis of a complaint filed against her for...
April 4, 2017