MOGA, Oct 15 — Nearly a year after being booked in a drug trafficking and corruption case, former Station House Officer (SHO) of Kot Ise Khan police station, Inspector Arshpreet Kaur Grewal, surrendered before a local court on Wednesday.
Kaur appeared before Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur and was remanded to judicial custody till October 20, police officials confirmed.
According to the case details, on October 1, 2024, then SHO Arshpreet Kaur, along with constable Gurpreet Singh, allegedly recovered 2 kg of opium from one Amarjit Singh and booked him under the NDPS Act. Subsequent investigations, however, revealed that two of Amarjit Singh’s associates were also caught with 3 kg of opium but were allegedly released after a deal worth ₹8 lakh. Of this amount, ₹5 lakh was reportedly shared between the SHO and two constables — Gurpreet Singh and Rajpal Singh.
Following the inquiry, Moga Police registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the NDPS Act against Arshpreet Kaur, the two constables, and two alleged drug peddlers, Manpreet Singh and Gurpreet Singh. All were suspended from service and subsequently went into hiding.
Despite repeated court summons, Kaur failed to appear and was declared a proclaimed offender on July 31, 2025.
Before absconding, she had posted a video on Facebook alleging that she had been falsely implicated after resisting sexual harassment and refusing to give a clean chit in a murder probe. However, district officials maintained that she had never filed a formal complaint of harassment.
Police sources said that after surrendering on Wednesday, the former SHO was taken into custody and sent to jail.
