The Ludhiana Special Task Force (STF) and Ludhiana Rural Police, in a joint operation, recovered over 4.5-kilogram heroin at Mamdot in Ferozepur District of Punjab near the India-Pakistan border on August 2, reports Business Standard. Assistant Inspector General (AIG) STF Snehdeep Sharma said that Police had received information regarding drug smugglers after which the search operation was carried out in which they recovered 4 kilogram and 510 grams heroin, worth crores in the international market.
Meanwhile, a senior spokesperson of the Akali Dal, Maheshinder Singh Grewal accused Pakistan of hatching conspiracies to create a rift between the Sikh community in both countries by floating religion-based narratives, reports Business Standard on August 2. He claimed that Pakistan's spy agency, the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) that has failed in all of its nefarious anti-India designs now wants to create a rift between Sikhs of India and Sikhs of Pakistan. Accusing Pakistan of working at the instructions of the ISI, Grewal added that its peace gestures were merely an eyewash and Islamabad had no Sikh-welfare in mind.