A PIL was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking action against the fake travel agents involved in smuggling people to foreign countries through donkey routes. The HC directed the state and the central government to respond within 30 days.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that the arrested accused, Gursimranjit Singh, was involved in large-scale heroin smuggling, and it was reported that he had recently received a large consignment of heroin smuggled from across the border. Probe also suggested that Pak-based smugglers have used drones to transport the drug consignment, he added.
The court rebuked the AAP government for taking a position that there shortage of funds for allocating the budget for buying modern technology tools for Forensic Science Laboratories while huge amounts are otherwise being spent.
The sessions court Ferozpur issued arrest warrant against 25 farmers who caused the PM's cavalcade to be stuck on a flyover for over an hour by blocking roads in protest.
The conversion of Sikhs to Christianity in Punjab has been a matter of great concern for a long time. For some time now, many such reports have come to the fore which showed that Christian missionaries are gaining more and more influence in the state.