Capt seeks help of CMs, Rajnath to curb menace

Chandigarh, July 19

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has sought the cooperation of his counterparts in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan as well as the Union Home Minister to whom the Delhi Police reports in controlling the cultivation and smuggling of narcotics and also ensuring that no safe havens are allowed to drug peddlers and smugglers in their respective regions.

Besides Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the Chief Minister has written separate letters to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje about the drug problem.

In his letter to the Chief Ministers, Capt Amarinder Singh has requested each of them to advise the enforcement agencies, including the police, of their respective states to coordinate with the Punjab Police to make joint efforts in curbing the drug menace.

The Chief Minister, in his communique to the Union Home Minister, said as per available information, drug peddlers and smugglers had disappeared from Punjab and were hiding in the neighbouring states. — TNS