Punjab Police suspended an assistant sub-inspector after hidden-camera video allegedly captured him placing a package under a bedroom mattress at the residence of local Shiv Sena functionary Mahant Kashmir Giri. A uniformed unit entered the room to seize the material moments after the plainclothes officer planted it. Following the release of the footage, the accused individual was discharged while authorities launched both a special investigation team inquiry and an internal departmental probe. Officials are now analyzing the contents of the package to establish the exact source of the planted contraband.
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KHANNA: Police have suspended an assistant sub-inspector and ordered a special investigation team (SIT) inquiry after hidden-camera footage allegedly showed him planting drugs at the house of a local Shiv Sena functionary.
The disciplinary action followed the public release of home security footage recorded at the house of Mahant Kashmir Giri. The video appears to show an officer in plainclothes hiding a package beneath a bedroom mattress shortly before a uniformed police team enters the room to "seize" the evidence.
Khanna's senior superintendent of police, Darpan Ahluwalia, confirmed the officer's suspension and the formation of a formal investigation panel led by an officer of SP rank.
"We have taken cognisance of the packets contents and all aspects of the case are being examined." Ahluwalia said, adding that: "The drug accused was discharged and the police personnel suspended with immediate effect."
Ahluwalia said: "I would also like to make it clear to the people of Khanna and Punjab that accountability of Punjab Police is of utmost importance in the ongoing Yudh Nashean Virudh (war against drugs) campaign.
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