| Amritsar |
Updated: February 2, 2020 10:25:18 am
An STF personnel with the recovered heroin. Express Photo by Rana Simranjit Singh
A day after Punjab Police seized nearly 200 kg heroin in Amritsar district and arrested seven people, including a member of the Subordinate Services Board (SSB) appointed by the previous SAD-BJP government, the son of a Congress councillor has come under the scanner.
Inspector General of Police (IGP), STF-border range, Kaustubh Sharma, said the role of Sahil Sharma, son of Congress municipal councillor from ward no. 51 Pardeep Sharma, is being probed.
Sources said Sharma had been nominated in the case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at SAS Nagar STF police station on Thursday.
“We have been probing Sahil Sharma's role. I can't say more than this,” said the IGP.
Pardeep Sharma, “My son has nothing to do with this case. All this is to spoil my political career. My son is innocent.”
The father and son run a hotel in the city and STF suspect that the hotel was used for drug smuggling and knowingly accommodating the accused, said sources.
On Friday, ADGP Harpreet Singh Sidhu had said that an STF team (led by him) had recovered 194 kg heroin,…
