Chandigarh, Oct. 20 -- A Punjab Police personnel assigned as a gunman to former Congress legislator Kulbir Singh Zira was among three people arrested in a joint operation by the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police near the India-Pakistan border in Tarn Taran district on Tuesday, with 525 grams of opium allegedly recovered from their possession.
The suspects were apprehended around 5 p.m. during a search operation near Border Outpost Mangli in the Khalra sector. A Bolero vehicle was also seized, according to information about the operation.
The arrested men were identified as Amarjit Singh of Sulayani village in Ferozepur district, Kuldeep Singh of Saner Road in Zira, and Jagbir Singh of Booian village in Ferozepur. Amarjit Singh...