Excise Dept officials seize 35K litres of lahan

Jalandhar, May 22

During a joint search operation along the banks of the Sutlej river, teams of the Excise Department of Jalandhar and Ludhiana districts succeeded in seizing 35,000 litres of lahan on Saturday. The teams searched around areas of eight villages falling within the riverbed, including Veran, Dharme Dian Chhanna, Bute Dian Chhana, Akkuwal, Gorshian Khan Mohammad, in both districts.

Excise Officer Harjot Bedi said on the directions of Assistant Commissioner (Excise), Jalandhar, Harsimrat Kaur and Assistant Commissioner, Ludhiana, Rajesh Ahri, the joint search was conducted under Operation Red Rose. He said during the operation, 35,000 litres of lahan was recovered from these places following which an FIR was got registered against accused Sarabjit Singh, a resident of Ludhiana district under the Mehatpur Police station. — TNS