LPU student arrested by Patiala police with banned intoxicants
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ August 23,2024
“A Zambia national Barnis Chelema who is a student of Lovely Professional University, Phagwara in Kapurthala district has been arrested by Rajpura police with banned intoxicants” said Harmanpreet Singh, PPS, DSP Ghanour, officiating as DSP Rajpura.
DSP Harmanpreet Singh said,” Rajpura Sadar police has laid a naka on the Rajpura- Sirhind road, opposite AGM Resorts, Basantpura. A Zambian national un boarded a vehicle or bus at Rajpura which was coming from Delhi. On seeing police she start moving opposite side. On her suspicious actions, movements, the Rajpura Sadar police stopped her and after checking 45 bottles of Codril T Syrup (banned cough syrup) was found from her possession. On further questioning, she failed to answer the queries or to show any bill of purchasing 45 bottles of Codril T Syrup.”
DSP further added that Barnis Chelema D/o Izkeel Maddu R/o House number 21, police station Aliyas, Zambia had informed us that “she is a student of Lovely Professional University and going to the university with banned intoxicant, to sell it in the university campus . She had an Identity card of the university.” As per initial investigation, her brother is also a drug supplier and is already lodged in Kapurthala jail. We will investigate further about her role in this banned intoxicant supply chain.
An FIR number 78 dated August 22,2024 has been lodged and the police has booked her under section 22/61/85 NDPS Act at Sadar police station, Rajpura in Patiala district. She will be presented before the duty magistrate and after that we will investigate her forward and backward links.”
Earlier in 2018, James Zimba, a resident of Republic of Zambia was arrested from a police check post near Maheru village in Phagwara for allegedly possessing ‘ganja’ and other intoxicants pills. Presently he is lodged in Kapurthala jail. This is not clear whether he is the brother of Barnis Chelema, who was arrested by Rajpura police or not.
