Properties of six peddlers razed at Malaudh, Bagrian

The police have demolished several buildings situated at Malaudh in Ludhiana district and Bagrian village in Malerkotla district.

Khanna SSP Jyoti Yadav and Malerkotla SSP Gagan Ajit Singh led the cops undertaking security arrangements during the demolition drive conducted by panchayat officials.

SSP Yadav said officials of civic body at Malaudh had sought security to demolish the house of a drug trafficker Amrik Singh of Ward No. 2.

Executive Officer Harnarinder Singh Shergill said the razed house was constructed in violation of guidelines of civic body.

SP (H) Tejvir Singh Hundal and DSPs Hemant Malhotra and Karmvir Toor were also present at the spot.

Similar action was undertaken at Bagrian village in Amargarh subdivision where properties belonging to drug peddlers Jagir Kaur, Darshan Singh, Buta Singh, Jaswinder Kaur Cooker and Gurpreet Singh of Bagrian were razed as these were constructed illegally.

SSP Gagan Ajit Singh said the accused had been involved in drug peddling for a long and had built houses at land belonging to panchayat. He said BDPO Babaljit Kaur had sought security for the demolition drive.

DSP Amargarh Davinder Singh Sandhu, SHO Randeep Sharma and CIA Incharge Simranjit Singh supervised cops who had a tough time in handling the residents resisting the action.