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Time of India
24-06-2025
- Time of India
8 held for extortion, FIRs against 18
Jalandhar: Jalandhar Rural police arrested eight individuals in connection with five cases of demanding extortion money, while registering cases against a total of 18 persons, including six living abroad. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now SSP Harvinder Singh Virk said the accused were operating on the instructions of their handlers living abroad, and they were active in Lohian. In the five cases, victims received extortion calls demanding Rs 50 lakh each. After an investigation spanning several days, Shahkot police, led by DSP Onkar Singh Brar, unravelled their network and arrested eight accused. The SSP said the three accused — Germanjit Singh, Rajkaranjit Singh, and Gagang — were operating from the US; Satnam Singh from Canada; and Navdeep Singh and Jagdeep Singh from England. tnn
Time of India
20-05-2025
- Time of India
Signalled to stop and facing 19 FIRs, Punjab man rams SUV into police barricade in Jalandhar, opens fire
Jalandhar: A man facing 19 police cases was shot in the left leg and arrested on Tuesday morning after he crashed a stolen SUV into a police barricade when cops signalled him to stop and then opened fire at the police team. The exchange of fire took place on the Adampur-Mehtiana road in Jalandhar's Kalara village. Jalandhar SSP (rural) Harvinder Singh Virk said the incident took place at a checkpoint at 5.50am. He said when cops at the checkpoint signalled a Bolero Camper to stop, the driver attempted to flee, crashing into the barricades set up by the police and trying to escape on foot. During this, the suspect started firing at the police team. Police warned him multiple times to surrender, but he continued shooting, said the SSP. "Due to the seriousness of the situation and the threat to the lives of police personnel, ASI Parminder Singh returned fire, hitting the suspect in the left leg, and he was apprehended," said the SSP. Accused Paramjit Singh alias Pamma is a resident of Binjo village in Hoshiarpur district. Police have seized two pistols, four live cartridges, two empty shells, 15 grams of heroin, and the stolen Bolero Camper which had a forged number plate. Virk said Paramjit was already facing 19 criminal cases in Punjab.
Hindustan Times
09-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
SHO, ASI booked for ‘torturing peddlers'
A station house officer (SHO) and an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) have been booked for allegedly torturing three drug peddling accused, including a minor, and forcing them into unnatural sexual activities at the Mehatpur police station. The case was filed following directions from senior superintendent of police Harvinder Singh Virk after the victims' families accused SHO Lakhbir Singh, ASI Dharminder Singh and other police personnel of severe misconduct. Both the officials were suspended on April 30. The Mehatpur police had arrested two youths and detained a minor after recovering poppy husk from them on April 27. While the minor was released the same day, the two adults were booked under the NDPS Act. The victims' families have alleged that the accused officers subjected the detainees to physical torture and coercing them into unnatural sexual acts. Deputy superintendent of police Onkar Singh Brar said the FIR has been registered under relevant sections of the POCSO Act and the SC/ST Act.
Hindustan Times
01-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
SHO, ASI suspended for ‘torturing peddlers'
A station house officer (SHO) and an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) have been placed under suspension for allegedly torturing three drug peddling accused and forcing them to take up unnatural sex activities in the Mehatpur police station. The action was taken on the directions of senior superintendent of police (SSP) Harvinder Singh Virk after the families of the youths, including a minor, staged a protest outside the police station while blaming SHO Lakhbir Singh, ASI Dharminder Singh and other police personnel for the 'torture'. The Mehatpur police had arrested two youths and detained the minor after some poppy husk was seized from them on April 27. The minor was released on the same day while a case under the NDPS Act was registered against the two. According to the protesters, the minor told them that the cops meted out inhuman treatment to them and forced them to take up unnatural sex activities. The protesters said they narrated the whole incident to senior officials. Meanwhile, deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Onkar Singh Brar said such indiscipline won't be tolerated and the concerned police personnel were immediately place under suspension on the basis of the complaint. 'An inquiry has been initiated. Further action will be taken accordingly,' he added.
Hindustan Times
28-04-2025
- Hindustan Times
Punjab: 4-kg opium seized, 2 of Uttar Pradesh held
Two brothers from Uttar Pradesh were arrested with 4.2 kg of opium from Jalandhar's Bhogpur on Jammu-Jalandhar road here on Saturday. Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Harvinder Singh Virk said the accused were using public transport to supply drugs across the state. The accused, identified as 24-year-old Wasim and his 40-year-old brother Rafique — both residents of Fazilpur, Sujanpur, in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh — were intercepted by a police party at Adda Ladra in Bhogpur. 'The accused were on their way to Hoshiarpur to deliver the narcotics when they were caught. A case has been registered against them under Sections 18(c), 61 and 85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at the Bhogpur police station,' he said. He added that the accused has been taken into police custody to gather information from where they brought opium and who were going to purchase it.
