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JIND: Eight policemen, including Jind crime investigation agency (CIA)-1 inspector Virender Singh Kharb, two CIA assistant sub-inspectors Praveen Kumar and Jaibir were suspended on Friday night for depositing less ‘ Doda chura’ (poppy husk) than the amount they seized from a drug peddler on December 18.
Jind superintendent of police (SP) O P Narwal said eight policemen were suspended for their alleged role in the “Doda chura scam.” He said a special investigation team (SIT) had been formed to investigate the case.
Two days ago, DSP, Haryana State Narcotics Control Bureau, Rajesh Kumar said they received a tip-off that a truck loaded with poppy husk was parked at Uchana police station and it was seized by Jind CIA and Uchana police on December 18.
Bathinda/Jalandhar/Kaithal: There were tense moments between protesting farmers and BJP activists in Punjab and Haryana on Friday when functions held to mark the 96th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal BihariVajpayee became venues of protest. The main events where there was disruption, and even minor scuffles, were held at Punjab’s Bathinda, Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur and Haryana’s Kaithal.
In Bathinda, situation turned tense when a score of farmers broke police barricades and barged into an event organised by the BJP. The saffron party had to wind up the programme midway as the farm activists allegedly vandalised the venue and damaged chairs. The BJP activists held a protest against farmers, who are protesting against the three farm laws brought by central government, and even burnt an effigy of the state government. Bathinda SSP Bhupinderjit Singh Virk rushed to the spot to diffuse the situation as the police had a tough time in controlling situation.