Ex-DGP of Punjab denied entry into Himachal

Shimla, May 7
Former Punjab Director General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini and two others were denied entry into Himachal Pradesh on Thursday as they were travelling without permission amid state-wide curfew to contain coronavirus, state police said.

The former DGP called Bilaspur Superintendent of Police Divakar Sharma on the phone when police deployed at the Swarghat border, the state entry point in Bilaspur district, denied him entry.

He wanted to visit his orchard in Karsog in Mandi district.

"Since Saini was not having a travel pass, we have asked him to return," Sharma added.