Heroin smuggler Ganja having links with KLF arrested

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police on Wednesday said it had arrested a heroin smuggler Rajinder Singh Ganja to bust an international narco-terror racket with links to the banned Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF).

Interrogation of Rajinder led to the arrest of his brother-in-law, Chirag Rathi from Muzaffarnagar, and Karamjit Singh, a police constable from Muktsar, currently posted as driver with deputy director, chief chemical examiner, Kharar, said director general of police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta.

He added that the racket had been traced to associates of now dead notorious terrorist Harmeet Singh aka PhD.

The DGP added that Rajinder belonged to Jandiala Guru, Amritsar, and is reported to be a close associate of absconding notorious drug smuggler Navpreet Singh, aka, Nav from Wazir Bhullar village, Beas, Amritsar.

Rajinder was apprehended from Zirakpur on August 19. A .32 bore pistol and four cartridges were recovered from the possession of Rajinder, with 530gm heroin seized later from his flat at Riverdale Aerovista, Zirakpur.

A case under the Arms and the NDPS Act has been registered at a Mohali police station against Rajinder, who has several other FIRs registered against him in the state.

He has also been involved in recent hawala transactions to the tune of Rs 12 crore, according to the police.

Rajinder has told the police that he was associated in the distribution network of drug supply, arranged by Navpreet.

The DGP added Rajinder used to receive consignments, mostly from Srinagar and Delhi, to distribute it further in the state. HTC