NIA chargesheets KLF chief among 10 for running narco-terror network

500 grams of heroin and ₹1.2 lakh drug money were recovered from 3 men in Amritsar in 2019

MOHALI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a chargesheet against 10 accused in the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) narco-terror network module case.

The case pertains to seizure of 500 grams of heroin and Rs 1.2 lakh drug money from three men in Amritsar on May 31, 2019. NIA took over the probe on January 22, 2020. The role of Harmeet Singh, alias PhD, Pakistan-based self-styled chief of the banned terrorist organisation KLF, and Jasmeet Singh Hakimzada, a Dubaibased international drugs smuggler and money launderer, emerged in running the narcoterror network to further the terrorist activities of KLF.

The network included persons involved in smuggling and selling of heroin, militant elements and Hawala operatives based in Punjab, Delhi and Dubai, who were responsible for the entire chain from selling of heroin and channelising the proceeds to Dubai and Pakistan at the behest of Harmeet Singh and Hakimzada.

These two have been chargesheeted as absconders.

Others named in the challan filed before the special NIA court in Mohali are Jajbir Singh Samra of Tarn Taran; Harpreet Singh, alias Happy, of Moga; Nirmal Singh, alias Neeldhari, of Batala in Gurdaspur; Satpal Singh, Hiralal, Harjit Singh, alias Bagga, Jasbir Singh, alias Shera, and Varinder Singh Chahal, all of Amritsar.

The chargesheet has been filed under Section 120B of the IPC, Sections 13, 17, 18 and 40 of the Unlawful Activities Act, and Sections 21, 25, 27A and 29 of the NDPS Act.

DRUG LORD CHEETAH’S POLICE REMAND EXTENDED TILL JUNE 2

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday produced notorious gangster and drug lord Ranjeet Rana, alias Cheetah, in the special NIA court in Mohali via video conferencing.

The court extended his police custody till June 2.

Wanted in the 532-kg heroin haul from Attari, Amritsar, in June 2019, Cheetah along with his brother Gagandeep was arrested from Begu village in Haryana’s Sirsa on May 9. The catch came following the arrest of Hizbul Mujahideen operatives in Amritsar