Tarn Taran: Two ASIs of Punjab Police died of heart attack here on Friday. The deceased have been identified as Jagwinder Singh (50) a resident of the local Police Lines and Hardeep Singh (54) of Jalalabad. The police said victim Jagwinder Singh was at his residence in the evening when he complained of chest pain. His relative Buta Singh said before he could be taken to doctor for treatment he died. Satnam Singh a relative of the other victim (Hardeep Singh) said he complained of shivering after reaching his home in the evening. After giving him a blanket to cover himself his daughter went to bring meal for her father. When she came back with the meal he did not respond to his calls. His daughter called other members of the family but he was no more. The city and Verowal police have lodged DDRs in this regard. OC Honour for Retd pharmacy officers Amritsar: An event to felicitate the recently retired pharmacy officers and welcome the newly recruited pharmacy officers was organised by the Punjab State Pharmacy Officers Association at Virsa Vihar here on Saturday. On the occasion the services of those who have reached superannuation were lauded while the new recruits were made aware of their roles and responsibilities. Speaking on the occasion Civil Surgeon Dr Charanjit Singh said pharmacy officers were the backbone of health services. Association leader Shamsher Singh Kohri and general secretary Ashok Sharma said during the pandemic period 32 pharmacy officers retired while 28 new ones joined the office. They said the event was organised to boost the morale of the employees. TNS Drug peddler held with heroin Amritsar: The STF on Friday arrested Harjant Singh a notorious drug peddler and recovered 253-gm heroin from him. According to the police he had around 25 cases of drug peddling murder attempt to murder and anti-national activities registered against him. DSP STF Vavinder Mahajan said he was produced in court and brought on police remand for further probe. He said Harjant Singh was held near the Amritsar bus stand following a tip-off. “The STF got a tip-off that he was coming to Amritsars ISBT for delivering some consignment. Following this a checkpoint was laid near the bus stand and the accused was arrested” he informed. During search the police confiscated 253 gm of heroin worth Rs 1 crore from his possession. Investigation revealed that he was recently released from jail on bail. He said further interrogation was under progress to ascertain the source of the contraband and identify his accomplices. The STF also recovered two mobile phones from his possession. The police were analysing the call details and contact list in the phones. The police are expecting to identify his accomplices active in the border belt including Tarn Taran and Ferozepur. The police suspect that he might have contacts with Pakistan-based cross-border smugglers. TNS

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