Goa, Nov. 2 -- A Punjab Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) has been suspended after footage from a hidden camera at a religious leader's residence allegedly showed him planting heroin beneath a bed mattress before a police raid. The incident has raised questions over the conduct of the Khanna police in Punjab's Ludhiana district.

The suspended officer, identified as ASI Sukhdev Singh, was posted with the Khanna police's CIA staff. Khanna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dr Darpan Ahluwalia has ordered his suspension and removal from the investigation. Meanwhile, Mahant Kashmir Giri, who was arrested in connection with an alleged drug trafficking case following the raid, has been released from the case.

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