Ludhiana, Nov. 2 -- An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) posted with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) staff has been suspended and a Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed after spy cameras caught him framing a local Shiv Sena leader.

Khanna senior superintendent of police (SSP) Darpan Ahluwalia ordered the immediate suspension of ASI Sukhdev Singh and initiated a departmental inquiry after video evidence proved that the seized contraband from Shiv Sena (Punjab) leader Mahant Kashmir Giri was planted.

The case originally began with the arrest of Gurjant Singh, alias Janta, who is the driver of Shiv Sena (Punjab) leader Mahant Kashmir Giri. Gurjant was apprehended with 7.5 grams of heroin, and during his subsequent police interrogation...