Chandigarh, May 5 -- : Tensions flared in the town of Sardulgarh in Mansa district on Tuesday after a woman climbed a mobile tower to protest what she alleged was a fabricated criminal case filed by the police against her son. The high-voltage drama drew a large crowd, with residents of Ward No. 6 staging a parallel demonstration outside the local police station, demanding the immediate cancellation of the FIR.
The dispute erupted following the arrest of Gurpyar Singh, whom the police booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act after claiming to have recovered 30 intoxicant pills from his possession. However, the youth's mother and residents alleged that the police took him from his residence in the morning under...