# Punjab cop suspended for planting drugs at Shiv Sena leader’s home 2026-11-02T07:48:11+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Punjab Police have suspended ASI Sukhdev Singh and formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) after hidden camera footage showed him planting a packet under a mattress at the home of Shiv Sena leader Mahant Kashmir Giri in Khanna. The Khanna police had earlier claimed to recover around 30 grams of heroin from the same spot on Saturday, 31 October and arrested Giri. Senior Superintendent of Police Darpan Ahluwalia said Giri has been discharged from the case, and the SIT, led by an SP-rank officer, will probe the role of other officials involved in the search operation. The case began with the arrest of Giri's driver, Gurjant Singh alias Janta, with 7.5 grams of heroin, during which Giri's name emerged. The CCTV footage from a hidden camera at Giri's residence showed the ASI in plain clothes placing an object under the mattress before the raid team arrived. Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal attacked the AAP government over the incident, accusing it of failing to maintain law and order. The SIT has been tasked with reconstructing the sequence of events and examining the conduct of all personnel who were part of the operation. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All three outlets lead with the same central fact: hidden camera footage shows an ASI planting a packet before a raid. The institutional response, suspension, SIT probe, discharge of the accused, is identically reported by each. Indian Express adds background on Giri's previous cases, while Hindustan Times provides a detailed timeline, both frame the story as a straightforward police misconduct scandal. India Today includes the political retaliation from SAD chief Sukhbir Badal, which the others omit, introducing a government-critical angle absent from the neutral, incident-focused reporting of the first two. The uniform police action and the unresolved SIT investigation remain the concrete next steps. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 1 government-critical, 2 neutral - indianexpress.com (neutral report) Leads with the incident, includes background on Giri's criminal record - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Detailed chronological narrative of the frame-up, no political framing - indiatoday.in (government critical) Includes opposition criticism of AAP government, adds political angle This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Update, 2 November 2026: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-11-02T09:28:52+00:00. Tags: Khanna, Mahant Kashmir Giri, Punjab Police, Shiv Sena, Special Investigation Team Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/asi-suspended-after-cctv-shows-heroin-planted-at-shiv-sena-leaders-home/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/asi-suspended-after-cctv-shows-heroin-planted-at-shiv-sena-leaders-home/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/