Lila Dhar Sharma/Gautam Bansal/Fazilka/Chandigarh/Mohali

Continuing its action against drug mafia amidst the ongoing anti-drugs campaign ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police with the help of local administration on Saturday, has demolished buildings of the illegally constructed houses of two drug peddlers in Fazilka and SAS Nagar districts. 

In Fazilka, a bulldozer was used to raze the house of a drug smuggler identified as Bohar Singh in Seed Farm village. On this occasion, SSP Varinder Singh Brar the accused Bohar Singh, whose house was demolished, has been facing 21 criminal cases under the NDPS act. 

 

SSP SAS Nagar Deepak Pareek said that the demolition was conducted on the request of the MC Kharar, which sought police assistance to remove the illegal encroachments. According to official records, the accused and his family members have seven FIRs including three NDPS Act cases, between the tenure of 1999 to 2014, he added. 

SSP Brar further warned that anyone who amasses wealth through drug trafficking will either have their property seized or demolished.

Similarly, in SAS Nagar, the District Police, in collaboration with Municipal Council Kharar, have demolished unauthorised structures built on encroached Panchayat Land (Now part of Kharar MC) in Jandpur village of the district, by the family of drug traffickers. The structures were illegally occupied by drug traffickers, having multiple FIRs under various sections including three under NDPS and one under Excise act.

 SSP SAS Nagar Deepak Pareek said that the demolition was conducted on the request of the MC Kharar, which sought police assistance to remove the illegal encroachments. According to official records, the accused and his family members have seven FIRs including three NDPS Act cases, between the tenure of 1999 to 2014, he added. 

He said that the drive was carried out by MC officials and it was ensured that the demolition would be carried out smoothly, with sufficient personnel deployed to prevent any disturbances.