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Punjab Police Chief Claims Arrested Smuggler Admits To Smuggling 500 Kg Heroin From Pakistan
Punjab Police chief claims arrested smuggler admits to smuggling 500 kg heroin from Pakistan Chandigarh, May 8 (PTI) The Punjab Police claimed on Saturday that a suspected drug smuggler arrested from Jharkhand last month has admitted to smuggling over 500 kg of heroin from Pakistan in the last two-and-a-half years. Gavi Singh alias Vijay had close links with drug smugglers of Pakistan and was nabbed from Jharkhand by a joint team of the Punjab Police and Jharkhand Police on April 26. Punjab Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta on Saturday said that during interrogation Gavi has revealed that he had smuggled over 500 kg of heroin, along with weapons, from Pakistan and supplied into Punjab, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir over the last two-and-a-half years, according to an official release.
Punjab Police arrests five associates of Gangster Gavi ROZANA SPOKESMAN
Updated May 8, 2021, 4:17 pm IST
Punjab Police on Saturday, have managed to bust the entire part of his module active in Punjab
Punjab Police
Chandigarh: Quickly acting on the disclosures of Gangster-cum-Drug Smuggler Gavi during his interrogation, the Punjab Police on Saturday, have managed to bust the entire part of his module active in Punjab with the arrest of his five accomplices.
A close aide of wanted gangster Jaipal, Gavi Singh @ Vijay @ Giani was arrested from Sarai Kila Kharsawa district in Jharkhand on April 26, 2021 during a joint operation by the Organised Crime Control Unit (OCCU) of Punjab Police and SAS Nagar Police.
Punjab police arrests 5 associates of Gangster Gavi ANI | Updated: May 08, 2021 18:54 IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Punjab police on Saturday arrested five persons who are said to be associates of Gavi Singh, a close aide of Gangster Jaipal, currently absconding.
Gavi Singh was apprehended by the police on April 26 in a joint operation by the Organised Crime Control Unit (OCCU) of Punjab Police and SAS Nagar Police from Sarai Kila Kharsawa district in Jharkhand.
The arrested persons have been identified as Karanbir Singh, a resident of village Akbarpura, Harmanjit Singh of village Johla, Gurjaspreet Singh of village Bathal Bhai Ke and Rawinder Iqbal Singh of Hanslawala, all villages falling in district Tarn Taran while Samuel alias Sam belongs to Ferozepur. All the accused persons have been facing several criminal cases across different districts of Punjab, said the police.
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Pleas for oxygen, hospital beds, ventilators, access to intensive care units and even COVID-19 tests have inundated the Twitter feeds of Indian users since the crisis worsened in April. The shortage has been particularly acute in the capital city New Delhi.
A 30-minute window into Twitter usage in India on April 27 illustrates just how critical the situation has become, with the flood of requests seemingly unrelenting.
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A second wave of COVID-19 infections sweeping through India is pushing the healthcare system to the brink and overwhelming central and state governments. As authorities struggle to cope with the soaring number of cases and fatalities, Indians have started to lean on one another, taking to Twitter with desperate cries for help.
Pleas for oxygen, hospital beds, ventilators, access to intensive care units and even COVID-19 tests have inundated the Twitter feeds of Indian users since the crisis worsened in April. All of the essentials for fighting the pandemic have been in short supply across the country, with the shortage particularly acute in the capital city New Delhi.