EX-DGP Sumedh Saini’s arrest sought

Amritsar: Members of the Khalra Mission Organisation (KMO), the Punjab Human Rights Organisation (PHRO) and the Human Rights Justice Sangharsh Committee held a protest to impress upon the government to arrest fugitive former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini here on Saturday. They demanded that the killers of innocent people be designated as terrorists.

Paramjit Kaur Khalra, wife of slain human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, said SAD leaders, the Congress and the BJP had allegedly orchestrated fake encounters during the turbulent period of militancy in the state. TNS

Property of drug smuggler freezed

Amritsar: The rural police have freezed the property of a drug peddler, identified as Harjit Singh of Fattewal village falling under the Ajnala police station here. The property freezed by the police was valued at Rs62 lakh. He was nabbed with 1 kg of heroin in December last year. Harjit purchased around 23 kanal and 4 marla land from the ill-gotten money. Cops said during probe the police also found that he had a case of robbery registered against him in July 2013. TNS