A notorious drug smuggler, allegedly having links with terrorists, who had escaped from a hospital on October 1, was arrested today. On a tip-off, the Patiala police arrested Amrik Singh. He had escaped from the hospital where jail officials had taken him for treatment.
Almost a week after the Patiala police unearthed an illegal liquor smuggling racket allegedly involving an authorised liquor contractor, the Excise Department today shifted three senior excise officials and initiated departmental proceedings against them.