Bathinda, June 23 -- Three illegally constructed houses belonging to drug smugglers were razed in the district on Sunday, the police said. These houses belonged to Manjit Kaur, Jaswinder Kaur and Rani Kaur. They were accused of building houses on public land.

Officials said the action was taken after the accused failed to furnish reply to the notices served by the civil authorities about the charge of undertaking construction on "encroached" land.

The senior superintendent of police (SSP) mentioned in a press release that these women had multiple cases of drug peddling registered against them. Two houses were located in Dhobiana Basti, an urban slum tagged officially as the drug hotspot, while another razed house was in Bhagta Bhai Ka v...