Ludhiana, March 18 -- In a major anti-drug operation, authorities on Tuesday moved against alleged drug lord Gurdeep Singh alias Rano by inspecting his luxury home in Payal. Rano, a former sarpanch, faces multiple NDPS cases and is accused of amassing wealth through a multi-crore heroin trafficking network with alleged cross-border links to Pakistan. The inspection could pave the way for legal action against the property over suspected unauthorised construction.

Teams from the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA), accompanied by a strong police presence, carried out detailed measurements of the house, including its boundary walls, and documented the property photographically for submission to senior authorities. Preliminar...