Srinagar, Mar 27: A double agent has been booked in Karnah area of Kupwara district for allegedly giving fake information about counterfeit heroin to security agencies.
Officials said that on 26-3-2024, reliable information was received at PS Karnah that one Aazam Shah S/O Ghulam Hussain Shah R/O Pingla Haridal is using urea fertilizer, Nishashat and white cosmetic powder etc and is making artificial Brown Sugar like substance.
“Thereafter, the said person is giving wrong information to security agencies in order to falsely implicate innocent persons. Accordingly, a case under FIR number 14/2024 under section 420 IPC has been registered in Police station Karnah and investigation taken up,” they said.
During search of his premises, incriminating material (urea fertiliser, starch powder, white cosmetic powder) and cell phone of the said accused has been seized for expert analysis, they said, adding that further investigation in the case is underway.
