Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira was detained by Punjab Police on Thursday in connection with a 2015 case registered under the NDPS Act. The arrest was done early in the morning on Thursday after a team of Punjab POlice reached the Congress leader's house and conducted a raid in connection with an old case registered in 2015 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Jalalabad, Fazilka.
A video, that was shared on ANI's X handle, shows police officials taking him outside his home. The viral video also shows Khaira raising slogans of "Punjab Sarkar murdabad" as the police personnel detain him.
Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira detained by Punjab Police in connection with a 2015 case registered under the NDPS Act
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(Video source - Sukhpal Singh Khaira's Facebook) pic.twitter.com/vIXzC7GRPJ
Sukhpal Khaira is an MLA from Bholath in Kapurthala of Punjab and Chairman of All India Kisan Congress. Khaira was hosting a Facebook Live where he can be seeing arguing with police personnel as they raided his house this morning.