Dharamshala, Nov. 4 -- In a significant breakthrough under its anti-Chitta campaign, Nurpur Police have taken possession of a residential property worth Rs 48.30 lakh, allegedly acquired through drug trafficking, and sealed the house under the PIT-NDPS Act.
Police described it as the first such action in Himachal Pradesh in which the government has obtained actual vacant possession of a property forfeited under the PIT-NDPS Act.
The action was carried out against Shamsher Singh, son of Gurdial Singh, a resident of Ward No. 9, Damtal, in Indora tehsil of Kangra district.
According to a press release issued by the Nurpur Police on Wednesday, the Competent Authority and Administrator, SAFEM (FOP) Act, 1976 and NDPS Act, 1985, New Delhi, ord...