4 cops sell 300kg seized poppy, replace it with cattle feed

Amritsar | Tuesday | 9th October, 2018

Summary:

Inspector Gurpyar Singh was the SHO at the time.The case was registered at Badhni Kalan police station on Sunday night. The AIG carried out the enquiry after the complaint.A resident of Rania village in Moga, Surjit Singh, was the complainant. It has been alleged that the accused cops — inspector Gurpyar Singh, head constables Resham Singh and Lal Singh, and constable Gurdeep Singh — had committed the crime when they were posted at Badhni Kalan police station in Moga in May last year. BATHINDA: Following an enquiry by the special task force (STF) formed to deal with drug cases, Moga police have booked four cops, including an inspector, for allegedly stealing 300kg poppy husk kept as case evidence and replacing the drug with cattle feed.The cops had siphoned off the drug from 525kg of poppy husk seized in May 2017. “We are looking at where the four cops have been posted..