Punjab Cop Faces Probe After Viral Video Shows Heroin Found In His Pocket

A police personnel accused of possessing narcotics in Barnala has landed in trouble after a viral video triggered an investigation, raising uncomfortable questions over Punjab Police's anti-drug campaignAs Punjab Police continues to wage its much-publicised 'Yudh Nashian Virudh' (War Against Drugs) campaign, a case involving a police personnel allegedly linked to narcotics has raised uncomfortable questions about the force's own credibility in the fight against drugs.Barnala Police has registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act against a police personnel after investigating a video that went viral on social media.

The video purportedly shows a group of youths confronting a uniformed policeman and claiming to have found packets of 'chitta' or heroin in his pocket.According to the police, a complaint had been registered at City-2 Police Station, Barnala, under Section 21 of the NDPS Act.The controversy reportedly began when some youths from Badra village claimed that they spotted the policeman allegedly consuming drugs…