Ludhiana, Sept. 7 -- Khanna City SHO, Inspector Vinod Kumar, was placed under suspension after a controversial raid at a wholesale grocery store in Khanna on Saturday. The raid, conducted in collaboration with a team claiming to be from a copyright firm, led to a heated confrontation between the police and the shop owner, triggering widespread outrage among the local business community. When Karun Arora, officer on special duty (OSD) to cabinet minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond, turned up, police officials allegedly indulged in a spat with him as well.

During the sudden operation, goods worth several lakhs of rupees were seized from the shop and declared counterfeit. The shop owner, Nitin Garg, alleged that the raid resembled a robbery, acc...