the Shimlapuri police seized 135 gm of heroin from the scooterist who hit her on Friday While investigating a road mishap case in which a scooter-borne woman suffered severe injuries. The accused, identified as Lakhwinder Singh alias Jagga, 38, of Mohalla Azad Nagar, has a criminal past, according to the police.
A total of four cases have been registered against him. He was also arrested by the Jamalpur police in a dacoity case in January this year. He has been granted bail in that case. The police are scanning his forward and backward links to know from where he procured the drugs and where he was going to deliver them.
The ASI added that while checking the vehicles, cops found 135 gm of heroin in the accused’s scooter, following which he was arrested. An FIR under Sections 281 (reckless driving), 125(a) (causing simple hurt or physical injury to another person) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and Section 21 of the NDPS Act was registered against him. The accused was already convicted in a dacoity case registered in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in 2015, according to the police.
