Punjab Story Bureau
A new shadow of clouds was cast on the family of Khandur Sahib MP Amritpal Singh, a vociferous proponent of Khalistan as the Punjab police arrested Harpreet Singh, brother of pro-Khalistan activist and Member of Parliament from Khadoor Sahib Amritpal Singh from Phillaur and recovered 4 gm of Ice (methamphetamine also known as crystal meth) from him.
The FIR was registered under Sections 22, 27 and 29 of the NDPS Act at the Phillaur police station even as two others were lso arrested.
Jalandhar SSP Ankur Gupta said, “A suspicious car with tinted glasses, parked on the side of the national highway in Phillaur was found and 4 gm Ice was recovered from the duo in the car who were identified as Harpreet Singh and Lovepreet Singh. They had a lighter, a weighing scale and two mobile phones. Upon questioning, they revealed that they had sourced the drugs from Sandeep Arora in Ludhiana for which payment was made through Paytm. Both tested positive for the dope test in the medical report. They had bought the drugs for consumption.”
The police recovered a half-burnt Rs 20 note from Harpreet’s shirt pocket, which was rolled into a pipe. The 4-gm Ice was recovered from another pocket. Two lighters and a digital weighing scale were recovered from Harpreet’s possession. In a purse kept by the driver’s seat, the police recovered silver paper (used to inhale drugs) and lighters.