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Saini’s release: Congress Minister seeks removal of three top officials

News Bureau — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 04:11:56 +0000

Chandigarh: Hours after the Punjab and Haryana High ordered the immediate release of former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini, Punjab Cabinet Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Friday demanded the removal of three top officers of the government blaming them for the failure in this case.
He urged Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh Minister to remove Advocate General, Home Secretary and Chief Director Vigilance, for their professional incompetence.
High Court has directed the Vigilance Bureau to release former Director-General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini within 24-hour after his arrest.
High court observed that Saini’s arrest was violation of Court’s previous order dated October 11, 2018 and September 23, 2020 and anticipatory bail order on August 12 this year in which court had directed the issuance of seven day advance notice to Saini in case action was contemplated against him.
The orders by Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi of the High Court came at about 11:40 pm after observing the case.

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Sidhu appoints former DGP Mustafa his Principal Strategist Advisor

News Bureau — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:21:17 +0000

Chandigarh: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday appointed former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa as his Principal Strategic Advisor here.

While sharing the appointment letter on his officials twitter handle, Sidhu, also posted a photo with Mustafa and his wife Congress minister Razia Sultana and wrote, “Love to be associated with Razia Ji and Mustafa sahib”

“Mohd Mustafa (former IPS and DGP Punjab) is hereby appointed as Principal Strategic Advisor to PPCC President, the undersigned Navjot Singh Sidhu with immediate effect. He would act as PPCC coordinator with the AICC on issues pertaining to his domain and any other matters that the President may deem fit,” the latter read.

Earlier, former DGP was appointed as one of his four advisers but Mustafa declined to take up the offer saying that he was not ‘cut out’ for political roles.

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High Alert in Punjab as Tiffin Bomb, Hand Grenades recovered from Amritsar’s village

News Bureau — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 13:05:53 +0000

CHANDIGARH: A high alert has been sounded in Punjab following the recovery of a Tiffin Box fabricated into an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) or Tiffin Bomb along with five hand grenades and 100 rounds of 9mm pistol recovered from village Daleke, Lopoke in Amritsar.
Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Dinkar Gupta, while addressing a press conference here on Monday, said that following the inputs regarding drone activity in the area of villages including Daleke, Bacchiwind and Shohra, a massive combing operation led by SSP Amritsar Rural Gulneet Singh was launched around villages during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.
He said that, during the search operation, the police team recovered a bag carrying a double-decker Children’s Lunch Box bearing ‘Minions’ Cartoon picture and other ammunition packed very meticulously in soft foam pouches. He said preliminary investigations indicated that the bag was dropped through a Drone, which crossed the brother into India.
The DGP said that the police teams had secured the bag and a team of National Security Guards (NSG) team had been called on the spot, which had confirmed the presence of 2-3 Kg of RDX in the Tiffin Box, which had been fabricated into a bomb.
The DGP said that the high alert has been sounded across the state. He cautioned the people of Punjab to remain alert all the time, and immediately report to the police if they find any suspicious thing lying abandoned or unclaimed anywhere, including in trains, buses or restaurants etc. “People can inform the Police on 112 or 181 helpline numbers,” he added.
Meanwhile, an FIR no. 208 dated August 8, 2021 has been registered under sections 25/27/54/59 of Arms Act, sections 3/4/5 of the Explosive Substances Act at Lopoke Police Station Amritsar in this connection.

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