THE STORY BEHIND SSP BHULLAR’S TRANSFER

In the latest police reshuffle, the transfer of Jalandhar Rural senior superintendent of police (SSP) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar became a talking point in power circles of Punjab. Popularly known as Bobby, he is probably the richest IPS in the country shifted from the district despite being close to many at the chief minister’s residence and a blue-eyed boy of director general of police Suresh Arora and director general, intelligence, Dinkar Gupta. Ever since he was promoted, Bhullar remained SSP in various districts in successive regimes. The buzz is that he was moved out because one of the most powerful bureaucrats in the chief minister’s office (CMO) put his foot down. He is due to become DIG soon. Shashi

Kant, who is vocal on drugs issue and active on social media, posted a series of tweets, taking digs at the Amarinder Singh-led Congress government’s handling of drug menace. “CM of drug-infested Punjab needs to demolish his China Wall of OSDS. Is fast losing touch with ground (sic),” he posted on Twitter. The self-proclaimed anti-drug crusader’s next one was on the government’s decision to recommend death penalty to drug smugglers for first offence in which he welcomed the move but added: “Who is gonna arrest drug lords .... it only amounts to brushing issue under the carpet (sic)”. When some deputy commissioners banned sale of syringes without prescription, he wrote: “Pity the kneejerk policy of the Punjab government, on drug issue. It should know that needle sharing is worse than drugs. It is one sure way to possible HIV epidemic”. Among the first to question the move, he was spot on. Croatia. Like many other football fans, Bajwa was also undecided on which side would win. “Head says it will be Croatia lifting the cup but heart says it will be France. Who do you think? #Worldcupfinal (sic),” tweeted Bajwa, asking his Twitter followers to tick their choice. In the poll, Croatia emerged winner, but on field France lifted the cup.