Confirming the development, Senior Superintendent of Police of Jalandhar (Rural) Ankur Gupta said that a suspicious car with tinted glasses was parked on the side of the national highway in Phillaur. He said police found 4 gm of meth with the duo who were identified as Harpreet Singh and Lovepreet Singh. “When they were questioned, they disclosed that they bought the drugs from Sandeep Arora in Ludhiana for which payment was made through Paytm,” he said.Gupta said that they had bought the drugs for their consumption and were going to Amritsar from Ludhiana when they were arrested.Amritpal’s father Tarsem Singh alleged that the arrest was an attempt to defame his family. “It is part of a larger conspiracy to defame the family which is fighting against the drug menace, so it is troubling the government. They have failed to nail the big fish in the illegal drug trade. They are working under the influence of drug cartels. The government and police have all the means to defame anyone and anytime they want to,” he alleged.Interestingly before Amritpal was arrested on charges of National Security Act (NSA), he had initiated an anti-drug campaign, including opening a de-addiction center in his village.In the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, Amritpal had won with the highest margin in Punjab. Originally from Jallupur Khera village in Amritsar, he had lived in Dubai before returning to Punjab in 2022 after the death of Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu who was running the organization ‘Waris Punjab De.’ Amritpal now heads the group.
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