The Himachal Pradesh police arrested Prakash Singh Langah, the son of former Punjab minister and senior leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on charges of drug possession in Shimla.
Langah’s son Prakash Singh was among the five arrested by the police late on Tuesday evening. Police have registered a case under the NDPS Act against the five persons. The members of the special investigation team on a tip-off raided a hotel near the local bus stand. Police recovered heroin from their room.
At least nine members of two families were among the 20 victims who were killed when they were present inside Shimla’s Shiv Bawdi temple on August 14, 2023.