IEP Chandigarh , October 4

Haryana delegation led by Shri Jai Prakash Dalal, Hon’ble Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister has visited IFEMA Madrid-2022 in Spain & also inaugurated INDIA- APEDA stall in the opening ceremony on 04/10/2022 in the gracious presence presence of Dr. Sumita Misra, Addl. Chief Secretary, Agriculture Deptt. and Shri Dinesh Pattanayak- Ambassador of India in Madrid, Spain.

– IFEMA Madrid is spread over in 57 acres & having 12 halls, 2 congress centres, 2 auditoriums and more than 80 meeting rooms.

– This exhibition is primarily for fruits & vegetables and companies showcase new crops, new varieties, newer technologies & supply chain machines.

– Hon’ble Minister has invited infrastructure companies & exporters for collaboration with Govt. and farmer organisations for export of Haryana produce.

IEP CHANDIGARH/MOGA, October 4

 As part of the ongoing war against anti-social elements launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Police has arrested one more operative of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) backed drone-based Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) terror module. Three hand-grenades and weapons have been recovered from his car, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.The terror module is being operated by Canada-based terrorist/gangster Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dala, who is a close associate of KTF’s Canada-based chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar.The arrested accused has been identified as Harpreet Singh alias Hira, resident of Jujhar Nagar in Bathinda. Apart from three hand-grenades, the Police have also recovered two pistols including .30 bore and 9mm Bareta along with 60 live cartridges.The development came two days after the arrest of two operatives identified as Veeja Singh alias Gagan alias Gaggu and Ranjodh Singh alias Jyoti of this module from Chamkaur Sahib area. Earlier, the Ferozepur Police had recovered one sophisticated AK-47 assault rifle along with two magazines and 60 live cartridges from the paddy fields of village Arifke in Ferozepur, which was intended to be retrieved by Veeja Singh and Ranjodh Singh.DGP Gaurav Yadav said that following a reliable input from Counter Intelligence Punjab, Moga Police laid a Naka at Kotkapura-Baghapurana road and rounded up the accused Harpreet Hira, who was traveling to Amritsar on his white-colour Hyundai Aura Car bearing registration number PB-03-BF-1462.He said that during preliminary investigations accused Harpreet confessed that he was going to deliver the hand grenades and arms consignment on the directions of close-associate of Arsh Dala identified as Amandeep Singh alias Babbu, who is currently lodged in Hoshiarpur Jail.Divulging more details, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Moga Gulneet Singh Khurana said that accused Harpreet further revealed that the consignment was brought by Veeja Singh and Ranjodh Singh from the border area on the directions of Arsh Dala’s Manila-based associates identified as Manpreet Singh alias Pita and Amritpal Singh alias Ammy, who are also associated with terrorists in Pakistan.He said that the accused also revealed that Manpreet Pita and Ammy have handed over the consignment to two unknown persons in Moga, who further assigned him to deliver it at an undisclosed location in Amritsar.Meanwhile, an FIR no 222 dated 04.10.2022 has been registered under sections 25(6)(7)-54-59 of the Arms Act, sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Explosive Substances (Amendment) Act, and sections 13 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act at Police Station Baghapurana.

IEP CHANDIGARH, October 4     

     With the decisive war against drugs waged on the directions of Chief Minister Punjab Bhagwant Mann to root out drugs completes three months, Punjab Police have arrested as many as 5824 drug smugglers including 916 big fish since July 5, 2022. The Police have registered a total of 4444 first information reports (FIRs) of which 461 are related to commercial quantity.Inspector General of Police (IGP) Headquarters Sukhchain Singh Gill, who was addressing his weekly Press Conference here on Tuesday said that the Police teams have managed to recover 203Kg Heroin from across the state after carrying out cordon and search operations in drug-affected areas besides laying nakas at vulnerable routes across the state. Additionally, 147.5Kg heroin was recovered by the teams of Punjab Police from Seaports of Gujarat and Maharashtra, taking the total effective recovery of heroin to 350.5Kgs in just three months, he said.Apart from seizing big-haul of heroin, the IGP said that Police have also recovered 251Kg opium, 178Kg Ganja, 261 quintals of poppy husk, and 21.76 lakhs tablets/capsules/injections/vials of Pharma opioids from across the state. The Police have also recovered Rs 4.15 crores of drug money from the possession of drug smugglers arrested in these three months.Giving weekly update, the IGP said that last week, the police arrested 392 drug smugglers after registering 293 FIRs including 30 related to commercial quantity, and recovered 8Kg Heroin, 30Kg opium, 10Kg Ganja, 6 quintals of poppy husk, and 38578 tablets/capsules/injections/vials of Pharma opioids, he said.He said that with 19 more Proclaimed Offenders (POs)/Absconders in NDPS cases arrested this week, the total number of arrests reached 342 since the special drive to arrest POs/absconders was started on July 5, 2022.          Meanwhile, on the direction of Chief Minister Punjab Bhagwant Mann to make Punjab a drug-free state, extensive anti-drug drives have been launched by the Punjab Police to combat the menace of drugs from the border State. The DGP has also strictly ordered all the CPs/SSPs to identify all hotspots where drugs are prevalent and all top drug smugglers in their jurisdictions. He also directed the Police chiefs to effectively forfeit the property of all the arrested drug smugglers so that their ill-gotten money could be recovered.