Tribune News Service
Gurdaspur, May 2
The son of former Cabinet minister Sucha Singh Langah was among a group of five persons arrested by the Gurdaspur police for possessing heroin today. Langah, however, claimed his son Parkash Singh Langah was being victimised at the behest of the ruling Congress.
Langah claimed the police were acting under the influence of some Congress politicians. This allegation was denied by senior officers who said Langah’s son was caught red-handed while possessing and consuming heroin.
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Were under scanner
They were under the scanner for past few days. On Sunday, we had concrete info that they were partying in a house in Dhariwal, following which a raid was conducted.
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SSP Nanak Singh said all five had been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and recoveries of narcotics had been made.
“They will be produced before the magistrate tomorrow. All five — Aditya Mahajan, Kunal Kumar, Sudhir Singh, Rajesh Kumar and Parkash Singh Langah — were found consuming drugs at a private residence in Dhariwal. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered at the Dhariwal police station. I have formed a team of officers who are investigating the case,” said the SSP.
The case has been registered on a complaint filed by ASI Gurbachan Singh.
Langah, who is in the process of seeking an apology from the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, owns a house in Dhariwal. However, the group was not arrested from his house and was nabbed by the police from another locality. Officers said the police had acted on a tip-off.
A senior officer said: “We had these people under scanner for the past few days. Today, we had concrete information that they were partying in a house in Dhariwal following which we conducted a raid.”
Sucha Singh Langah’s son booked for possessing heroin
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