Drug network run from abroad busted in Hoshiarpur
Our Correspondent
Hoshiarpur, May 23
The district police claims to have busted an international drug network. District Police Chief Sandeep Kumar Malik, while addressing a press conference at the Police Lines today, said under the “Yudh Nashian Virudh” campaign, strict action was being taken against smugglers and gangsters in the district.
He said under the drive, a CIA team arrested Arjun Sharma on March 28, a resident of Hari Nagar, with 270 grams of heroin. A case was registered against him at the Model Town police station under the NDPS Act. He said during the investigation it was found that Saurav Jindal, alias Saubi, a resident of Mohalla Kirti Nagar, was also involved in drug smuggling at the behest of a person living in the USA. He said Akashdeep of Purhiran used to supply drugs to addicts on instructions of Saurav Jindal. A case was registered against Saurav Jindal and Akashdeep under the NDPS Act. Akashdeep was arrested.
Malik said during interrogation, Arjun Sharma and Akashdeep disclosed that after many drug smugglers were caught with weapons recently, Jindal stopped contacting them directly. He used to contact them through Canadian resident Ashutosh Sharma, presently residing at Mohalla Bahadurpur, who was currently in India. He used to give money collected to Ravinder Adia, a resident of Khanpuri Gate, and Bhawani Singh, a resident of Kachche Quarter, on the instructions of Jindal.
Malik said a case was registered against Ashutosh Sharma, Saurav Jindal, Ravinder Adia and Bhawani Singh under the NDPS Act. He said Ashutosh Sharma was arrested. During interrogation, Akashdeep and Ashutosh Sharma disclosed that Jindal used to supply heroin to them through Gurinder Singh, a resident of Banga in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district.
Malik said Gurinder Singh was arrested on April 14. He said during interrogation, Gurinder admitted that he used to supply heroin to Jindal on the instructions of Jaspreet Singh, alias Jassa, a resident of Mohanwal under the Garhshankar police station. Gurinder paid for the drug to unknown persons sent by Jaspreet Singh.
Malik said on May 7, the CIA staff arrested Sahilpreet Singh, a resident of Kila Baroon village with 149 grams of heroin. He said during interrogation, Sahilpreet disclosed that he also supplied heroin to Sourav Jindal.
After this, the CIA staff arrested Hemant, a resident of Abadpura in Jalandhar district with a 315 bore country-made pistol and one live round. A case was registered against him at the Sadar police station. Malik said Hemant and his partner Neeraj Kumar, alias Ranjha, of Hardokhanpur village, currently a resident of Banjarbagh, used to supply drugs and weapons on the orders of Saurav Jindal.
On May 7, the police arrested Sahilpreet Singh with heroin. During interrogation Sahilpreet disclosed that he too supplied heroin on the orders of Saurav Jindal. On May 8, he collected payment for the drug and gave it to Jyotipreet Kaler, a resident of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar.
Malik said Jyotipreet Kaler was arrested by the CIA on May 16 in Jalandhar and Rs 5.10 lakh drug money was recovered from his possession. A 32 bore country-made pistol and a magazine were also seized from Kaler and a case registered against him under the Arms Act. During interrogation, Kaler told the police that he worked at the behest of Akash Chauhan, alias Rocky, a resident of District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, who now lived in the USA.
