Investigators: Sacked woman constable is a 'tough nut to crack'

A Bathinda district court on Sunday extended the police remand of dismissed senior police constable Amandeep Kaur, who was arrested on April 2 on drug smuggling charges, by two days.

- Vishal Joshi

BATHINDA:

Officials close to the investigation say that she is proving to be a 'tough nut to crack' and they are yet to get a lead about the narcotics smuggling.

Amandeep was arrested on Badal Road in Bathinda city after police recovered 17.71gm heroin from a black SUV she was driving.

The officials said four mobile phones recovered from the accused, two from her car and two from her home, have been sent to Digital Investigation Training and Analysis Centre (DITAC) in Mohali, for retrieving old data to establish her alleged links with drug trade and 'patronage' of state government functionaries.

A police official in know of the details of the arrest said Amandeep had tried to influence the police team at the time, claiming to be a 'confidant' of a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer in Punjab. The officials said no incriminating evidence was recovered from the phones seized from her car on prima facie examination.