Retired UT cop’s son among four held with heroin

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 18

Four persons, including the son of a retired UT head constable, have been arrested by the Chandigarh Police from different places with heroin.

While three persons were arrested by a crime branch team, led by Inspector Amanjot Singh, the fourth arrest was made by the Sector 49 police. According to the police, 26-year-old Manish Kumar, son of a retired cop, was arrested while possessing 25.30 gm of heroin. The accused, a resident of the New Police Lines, Sector 26, was arrested from near the Sports Complex in Sector 7.

Crime Branch sleuths said Manish provided food to PGs. “He started building a chain of customers by approaching PG residents,” said a source.

The second arrest of Sunny Arora, a resident of Dhakoli, Zirakpur, was made by the crime branch. Sunny was arrested from Sector 56 while possessing 25 gm of heroin. The accused is a taxi driver.

The crime branch arrested another person, Laksh Mohan (34), also a resident of Dhakoli. Laksh, a father of two, was arrested from near the Kala Gram light point while possessing 10 gm of heroin. The accused earlier used to work as a taxi driver, but was unemployed at present.

Saket, a resident of Phase VII, Mohali, was arrested by a team of the Sector 49 police station. The accused was arrested from Sector 50 while possessing 1.11 gm of heroin.

Third arrest involving cops’ kin in 15 days

This is the third arrest of a cop’s son by the crime branch in July. Earlier, Damandeep (18), son of a retired UT constable, was arrested for allegedly stealing vehicles. The police had recovered three cars from him. In another case, the son of a sub-inspector of the Chandigarh Police, was arrested for allegedly selling drugs in Police Colony at Sector 42. His sister and brother-in-law are constables in the UT police.

Accused creates ruckus outside court

One of the accused, Sunny, was brought to the District Courts complex in Sector 43 on Wednesday as he had to be produced before a magistrate. However, he created a scene outside the courtroom and tried to bang his head against a wall. Sunny screamed saying that he was innocent and the police had falsely implicated him. While continuing to be restless, he added that he should be taken to a hospital at the earliest or he would die. He was sent to judicial custody by the court and the police took him away later.