NIA chargesheet against 7 in narco-terror case

New Delhi, April 17

The NIA has filed a chargesheet in a special Jammu court against seven persons, including a resident of Punjab, in a narco-terrorism case related to the banned outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI).

An official in the agency said the case was related to the seizure of 61 kg heroin, 1.2 kg opium and a number of arms and ammunition smuggled from across the International Border in the RS Pura sector of Jammu last year. He said the chargesheet was filed against seven narco-smugglers associated with the BKI, including Gurpartap Singh, Sham Lal, Ajeet Kumar, Bishan Das, Jasraj Singh, Subhash Chander and Gurbaksh Singh, in an NIA special court, Jammu. Besides Gurpartap Singh, who is a resident of Tarn Taran in Punjab, the rest are from Jammu, the NIA officials said. — TNS