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Topic: Punjab Police

Blue Corner issued against Canada-based Satpreet Satta. What’s his role in case against Majithia 

Blue Corner Notice was issued against Canada-based NRI at request of SIT probing drugs case against SAD leader & former Punjab minister Bikram Majithia. 

Punjab Police raids 301 locations across state, arrests 38 drug smugglers

The raids have resulted in the recovery of 620 grams of heroin and 1612 intoxicant tablets/capsules from the possession of arrested drug smugglers.

Proof of torture to false records, what led CBI court to convict 5 Punjab ex-cops for 1993 fake encounters

The 5 retired officers have been handed life term for abducting, torturing & killing 7 men in fake encounters in Tarn Taran.

Amritsar Police bust ‘ISI-backed’ arms & drug smuggling network, arrest 5

The police have seized an assault rifle, 6.106 kg of heroin, 90 live cartridges of AK Rifle, 10 live cartridges (9 mm), Rs 7.50 lakh, a car and three mobile phones.

Golden Temple to Taj, bomb hoax wave sparks manhunt by 18 states. Their only clue’s a ‘DMK obsession’

Hundreds of hoax threat mails have been received by establishments across country over past 2 years. VPN & encryption have made it difficult for cops to find the culprits.

Babbar Khalsa pulled pin, ‘mastermind’ hired trio to lob grenades at police posts in Patiala, Kaithal

Gurpreet Singh alias Babbu, currently lodged in a Patiala jail, was brought into BKI module by another Nanhera villager who facilitated funding & grenades, ThePrint has learnt.

‘SIT making craters in probe’—HC’s earful to Chandigarh Police in Colonel Bath assault case

Handing over the case to CBI Wednesday, the high court pulled up the police for no real progress in the investigation, adding that the court cannot be a ‘moot spectator’.

Dalit teen in Punjab ‘paraded half-naked, head shaved’ for ‘facilitating’ friend’s inter-caste marriage

Punjab police say 13 people booked & one arrested over the incident in Ludhiana. SHO says the couple are adults & married each other out of their own free will. 

Gangster Bhagwanpuria’s mother, cousin shot dead in Punjab. Rival Bambiha gang claims responsibility

The attack took place in Batala. Punjab police officials say it was indeed ‘revenge killing’, but Jaggu Bhagwanpuria’s mother may have been ‘collateral damage’.

Army jawan held by Punjab police on spying charges, was ‘introduced to ISI by Dubai-based smuggler’

Amritsar Rural police have arrested Gurpreet Singh and aide Sahil Masih. DGP Gaurav Yadav says 2 mobile phones ‘used for communication with ISI handlers’ have also been recovered.

On Camera

India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.