Ludhiana Sees Twin Demolitions as Punjab Intensifies Drug Crackdown
CHANDIGARH/LUDHIANA, June 15:
With the Punjab Government has adopted zero-tolerance policy against drug trafficking and ill-gotten wealth amidst the ongoing anti-drugs campaign ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, properties of two notorious drug smugglers have been demolished in Ludhiana on Sunday. The operation was carried out by the authorities of Municipal Corporation Ludhiana with the support of Ludhiana Commissionerate Police.
Special Director General of Police (Special DGP) Law and Order Arpit Shukla said that the operations were part of the Punjab Government’s intensified crackdown on narcotics networks, ensuring that criminals not only face arrest but also lose their unlawfully acquired assets. With demolition of these two properties, as many as 126 properties, constructed by drug smugglers using ill-gotten money, have demolished since March 1, 2025, he said.
In the first operation, a bulldozer was used to raze the house of a notorious drug smuggler identified as Gurpal located at Street no. 2 at Amarpura in Ludhiana. The operation was carried out under the heavy police deployment led by Commissioner of Police (CP) Ludhiana Swapan Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Investigation Harpal Singh, Additional DCP Zone-1 Sameer Verma and Assistant Town Planner (ATP) Zone-B Kuljeet Singh Mangat.
Sharing details, CP Swapan Sharma said that accused Gurpal, whose house was demolished, has a criminal background with as many as nine criminal cases under the NDPS act have been registered against him at different Police Stations in Ludhiana. The accused, who is notorious and infamous in the area for drug sale, has been involved into the drug smuggling since 2014, he said, while adding that the accused has managed to flee to Himachal Pradesh following the decisive war against drugs waged by the Punjab Police.
In the second operation, a house of woman drug smuggler identified as Rajinder Kaur alias Rozy, located at Street no.9 at Hero Suman Nagar at Lohara village in Ludhiana, was demolished using the bulldozer. The operation was carried out under the heavy police deployment led CP Ludhiana Swapan Sharma, DCP Investigation Harpal Singh, ADCP Zone-2 Karanvir Singh, Naib Tehsildar Sahnewal Harkirat Singh and Assistant Town Planner (ATP) Zone-C Navneet Singh.
Sharing details, CP Swapan Sharma said that accused Rajinder Kaur alias Rozy, who has shifted into the locality few years ago and gradually constructed a house, has been facing two criminal cases under the NDPS act. The accused woman is currently in the jail.
The CP said that both the operations have been carried out following all the rules and regulations. Both the operations were carried out smoothly amidst the support from the residents of the both the areas, he said.
