Ludhiana drug case: 45 days on, BJP leader’s role not clear

Ludhiana, April 15

Over 45 days have lapsed since the police recovered 1.29 lakh tablets from the house owned by BJP leader Satish Nagar’s wife at Chawani Mohalla, but still there is no clarity on the role of the BJP leader in the case.

The police had registered a case against the BJP leader along with others namely Anup Sharma, Hemant and Rajinder under the NDPS Act.

Since the role of BJP leader had surfaced in the probe and his name was also mentioned on the first number in the FIR, the police had on March 1 taken Nagar to police station suspecting he is the kingpin in the case, he was released by the police.

Reportedly, the police had allegedly released the BJP leader under political pressure. When asked why the role of the BJP leader is still not clear even after 45 days since the incident, the Police Commissioner, Rakesh Agrawal, who had formed a special investigations team (SIT) to investigate the role of BJP leader, told The Tribune, “The role of BJP leader is still being verified. ADCP 1 Pragya Jain is heading the SIT and is yet to submit the report to me.”

Some residents of Chawani Mohalla, on the condition of anonymity, said, “Why the police is sitting on the probe, if BJP leader Nagar has any role in drug racket he should not spared and if he has no role, SIT should give a clean chit to him rather than delaying the probe.”

Cong MLA questions probe

Congress MLA Rakesh Pandey had commented on the drug racket probe and said, “Why BJP leader Satish Nagar was first taken to police station, then was released and the probe into his role is yet lying pending. I will take up the matter with CM Capt Amarinder Singh.”