As part of the “War on Drugs” campaign launched by the Punjab Government to prevent drugs, a house built by drug smugglers on panchayat land in Sechan village was demolished on the orders of the Sultanpur Lodhi BDPO.

At the village, under Sultanpur Lodhi police station, Sarabjit Singh alias Babbi of Sechan, and his wife Jaspal Kaur alias Suman had built a house by occupying about 7 marla of panchayat land of the village. Both husband and wife were facing 17 NDPS cases, out of which 10 cases were registered against the man and the rest against his wife.

Kapurthala SSP Gaurav Toora said as per the orders given by the BDPO, the police had provided adequate security to the Rural Development Department for taking possession of their land.

The BDPO said the gram panchayat had issued notices t

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