Opium found in bag, Punjabi singer held

By: Piyush Sarna
MOHALI: Police have arrested Punjabi singer-cum-actor Gurinder Singh Grewal, alias Vadda Grewal, after 30 grams of opium was allegedly recovered from him. “We received information from a hospital that Grewal is admitted here. We came to know that he was admitted due to drug overdose. When we checked his bag, we found opium in it,” said Sohana station house officer inspector Daljeet Singh Gill.
After he was discharged from the hospital, he was produced in a court which remanded him in police custody for a day. “On Friday, the court remanded him in judicial custody,” the SHO said. A case under Section 27-18-61-85 of the NDPS act has been registered at the Sohana police station. The singer had released a song under the name, ‘Nagni’, meaning opium in English, in 2016.
Recently, a picture of the singer lying in an unconscious state went viral on social media. He had also featured in videos of Punjabi singer Elly Mangat when he had allegedly challenged another singer Rami Randhawa to a fight at Purab Premium Apartments last year. In another case, Mohali police booked two brothers after poppy husk was found in their canter in Lalru. The accused have been identified as Jaswantpal Singh and Jasvir Singh, both residents of Lalru.