Police recover Charas from MC chairman’s vehicle

 

Councilor, associate arrested, case registered

Budgam, May 17:  Police on Sunday arrested a councilor and his associate after Charas was recovered from the vehicle in central Kashmir’s Budgam district , local news agency KNT reported.
It said that a police party stopped a private Bolero (JK04E-0822) near Charar-e-Sharif town and during search of the vehicle recovered 150 gram of Charas . During frisking of the duo in the vehicle, police again recovered 300 grams of Charas from one Noor Muhammad Bhat of Trajabal Charar-e-Sharif. The vehicle was driven by Municipal Councillor Tariq Ahmed Dar of Alamdar Colony Charar-e-Sharif.
Police arrested both these persons and seized the vehicle. “A case under 8/20 NDPS Act was registered against the duo.”
Police seized the documents of the vehicle and it came to fore that the vehicle belongs to Chairman Municipality Committee Charar-e-Sharif, Zahid Hussain Jan, who is also affiliated with Congress party.
The First Information Report in this case maintains that the Covid-19 banners of MC Charar-e-Sharif were pasted on the vehicle, so that it could evade the checking and police gaze. “The culprits were frequently using this vehicle and they were smuggling Charas and other stuff from district Pulwama to Budgam where it was sold to youth.”
Station House Officer, Charar-e-Sharif, Inspector Yasir Rashid told Kashmir News Trust that they have seized the documents of the vehicle and whosoever is found guilty will face music under law. When asked why no action has been initiated against the owner of the vehicle, the police officer said that investigation is going on.

Zahid Hussain Jan, Chairman Municipal Committee, Charar-e-Sharif said that Councilor Tariq Dar and his associate Noor Bhat had taken his vehicle for getting it disinfected. “Tariq told me it is too late and will take the vehicle home. Later I came to know that Charas has been recovered from them,” he said adding that Charas recovered from them was for personal use as Tariq sometimes smoke charas.
Jan claimed that he doesn’t own the vehicle and it belongs to one of his relatives. (KNT)

 

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