Two cops caught on cam taking drugs near gurdwara, held

AMRITSAR: ASI Tarlochan Singh and head constable Gurwinder SinghwerearrestedforconsumingdrugsnearagurdwarainJandialaGuruarea,saidthepoliceon Monday. The accused were arrested after a video of their act went viral on Sunday.

Tarlochan Singh of Mudhal village and Gurwinder Singh of Mirgabad village, were posted with the Amritsar traffic police (rural) at Jandiala Guru. In the viral video, two bike riders wearing Nihang dresses, are seen arguing with the cops for consuming drugs in the vicinity of a gurdwara. As per the video, on intervention by the Sikh men, the cops were seen hiding the drugs. The cops also denied using drugs after one of the Sikh man, shooting the video, asked them to show the narcotics. The accused cops fled from the spot after noticing the Sikh men shooting their video.

“We got directions from higher officials to conduct a test on them. The test reports have confirmed that they consumed morphine”, said SHO Harjinder Singh, Jandiala Guru police station. A case has been registered under Sections 16,61 and 85 of the NDPS Act and 201 of IPC.