JUST ONE DAY Before PUNJAB POLES- more than 1,400 liquor boxes,
13 kg of poppy husk seized from NRI’s house
False ID Cards, firing and missing persons reported

Chandigarh, February 12, 2007
Darshan Purewal

The Punjab Police along with the duty magistrate and naib tehsildar seized more than 1,400 boxes of liquor (“Made in Patran” was written on the bottles) from a locked house. The house belong to a NRI, Balwant Singh. Police also found 13 kg of poppy husk from a parked car near the house.

It is also said that NRI Balwant Singh is very close to Congress candidate Kewal Dhillon, who is contesting from Barnala. Mr. Dhillon's house is just 50 yards away from NRI's house. Mr Dhillon said that the material had been planted by his opponent and SAD candidate, Mr Malkiat Singh Keetu, to defame him. It is not clear that how NRI and NRI's house is involved in such a dangerous stuff. NRIs are supporting both parties but one neighbor said NRIs should be very careful from this dirty politics.

The following report was updated by our media reporter:

• The police recovered huge quantities of liquor and drugs, including “bhukki” from different places.
  
• Two supporters of SAD candidate Sukhdarshan Singh Marar and five women were arrested with 18 voter ID cards.
  
• Mr. Marar’s supporters allegedly hurled stones at the police station, damaging a police vehicle.
  
• The Election Commission today suspended two Observers and ordered disciplinary action against Mr D.S. Jaspal, Secretary for serious dereliction of duty.
  
• SAD (A) candidate Savinder Singh from the Jandiala Guru constituency was missing since Sunday evening
  
• Akali worker was killed on January 29 in Beas firing
  
• Another firing incident in Sardulgarh was reported
  
• Few cases of deaths due to alcohol had been reported from different parts of the state
  
• Mr Sikander Singh Maluka, Akali candidate's gunman opened fire when oposition party workers attacked to Maluka
  
• Firing incident in the Malwa belt was reported from Sardulgarh where the son of a Congress candidate, Mr Ajit Inder Singh Mofar, was arrested.
  
• The Faridkot police arrested 13 Akali supporters while they were allegedly buying votes in a local hotel here.
  
• SAD candidate, Mr Raminder Singh Bularia for Amritsar South's supporter was arrested for distributing wheat flour free to voters