Gangster Bhagwanpuria's aides held in Punjab, heroin seized
Darpan News Desk IANS, 15 Feb, 2023 11:04 AM
Chandigarh, Feb 15 (IANS) An aide of jailed gangster Jagdeep Singh, alias Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, was held with 1 kg heroin and Rs 27 lakh drug money in raids across the state at suspected hideouts of persons linked with him, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on Wednesday.
The arrested accused has been identified as Jaipal Singh, alias Gumta, of Patti in Tarn Taran. Based on inputs, the police have also booked his accomplice, Harmandeep Singh, alias Harman, of Gulalipur village in Tarn Taran, who is said to be a close associate of Bhagwanpuria.
The DGP said following a tip off that Gumta, along with Harmandeep Singh, was going to deliver an arms and drug consignment, police teams set up a checkpoint and arrested him after recovering heroin and drug money from his SUV (without number plate), in which he was traveling.
Senior Superintendent of Police Gurmeet Chauhan said the police teams have launched a manhunt to arrest the absconding accused Harmandeep Singh.
The accused were identified as Sardar Jagpal Singh, 51, Harjinder Singh Raina, 71 and Sudershan Singh Wazir, 67. Wazir is a cousin of the deceased J&K politician. The 68-year-old Wazir was found murdered in a flat in Delhi's Basai Darapur area in March, 2021.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Wednesday arrested an air passenger from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here for possessing 3,360 gram cocaine valued at Rs 33.60 crore. A DRI official said that they got a specific intelligence tip off that an Indian national arriving from Addis Ababa to Mumbai by Ethiopian Airlines flight might be carrying a narcotic substance.
They are accused of setting a shop and house on fire during the riots and police charge-sheeted them for committing offences punishable under Sections 147-149, 188, 427 and 436 of the Indian Penal Code.
When Jnanesh, a class 9 student, was watching mobile after coming back home from the Sacred Heart School, Vinaya scolded him for mobile addiction and asked him to put it away. The boy told his mother that he would come back after taking a bath. He went inside and hanged himself to death from a ceiling fan in his room on Monday evening.
Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala House courts, Harjyot Singh Bhalla, who had reserved his order on Monday, granted bail on the bail bond of Rs 1 lakh. He had noted that what Mishra has allegedly done is disgusting but the court is bound to follow the law.
The biscuits weigh 932 gm and their estimated market value is Rs 54,78,855. The incident occurred on Monday under the jurisdiction of the Amudia Border Outpost, manned by troops of the 112 BN, BSF. This is in the North 24-Parganas district of West Bengal that shares an international border with the Satkhira district of Bangladesh.
