Punjab Top Cop Leaving Drugs Case Kicks Up Row; Opposition Blame Channi Govt The Channi government is under immense pressure to act on the drugs case involving an Akali leader. (Image: News18/File)The opposition parties have alleged that the ADGP proceeded on leave amid pressure on the Charanjit Singh Channi-led Congress government to take action on
Punjab MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira was arrested in September last year in a drugs case dating back to 2015. He told the High Court that he was arrested only because he had parted ways with the Aam Aadmi Party.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has come out in full support of his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) colleague and Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, who has been hit with barbs by rivals over the arrest of Punjab Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira.
Every day, we read news about somebody or the other dying of drugs. On Tuesday, there were three such stories. In Taran Taran district, two youths, one aged 18 and the other aged 26 years died due to drugs. In Amritsar, two brothers of a family died due to drugs.