Chandigarh: The teams of Ludhiana municipal corporation with the support of Punjab police demolished the properties of two notorious drug smugglers in Ludhiana on Sunday.
Special Director General of Police (Special DGP), Law and Order, Punjab, Arpit Shukla said that the operations were part of the state government’s crackdown on narcotics networks, ensuring that criminals not only face arrest but also lose their unlawfully acquired assets.
In the first operation, a bulldozer was used to raze the house of a notorious drug smuggler identified as Gurpal located at Amarpura in Ludhiana.
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 in drug smuggling since 2014, he said.
In the second operation, a house of a woman drug smuggler identified as Rajinder Kaur alias Rozy, located in Suman Nagar at Lohara village in Ludhiana, was demolished using the bulldozer. The operations were carried out under the heavy police deployment led CP Ludhiana Sharma and DCP Investigation, Harpal Singh
CP Sharma said that accused Rajinder Kaur alias Rozy, who shifted into the locality a few years ago and gradually constructed a house, has been facing two criminal cases under the NDPS act. The accused woman is currently in jail.
Police said that with demolition of these two properties, as many as 126 properties, constructed by drug smugglers using ill-gotten money, have been demolished since March 1, 2025.
