Four women held with poppy husk

The SHO added,“We are still investigating where this gang was headed for. Preliminary investigations however have revealed that these women and their male accomplice were habitual criminals for they have nearly 31 different cases registered against them under NDPS act besides their involvement in petty crimes. “ The SHO said that the while the women had about 26 cases pending against them.”

Did police ignore rules
While the Ludhiana rural police pat its back for the breakthrough,the moot point is whether the police observed the rules laid down by the law for arresting women while making the arrests. The police party did not have a female constable in their police party,which is mandatory. Further the women arrested were kept in the police station overnight and even searched by male policemen who,as per the SHO,searched only the bags carried by the women and that no physical checking was done. A lady constable accompanied the women only after they were presented before the local court on Thursday morning which sent them in judicial remand. The medical of the arrested women was also done on Thursday morning.