NIA files chargesheet against three Narco-Traffickers in Khalistan Liberation Force in Narco- Terrorism Case
New Delhi, April 9
The NIA filed supplementary chargesheet in KLF Narco-Terror Case in the NIA Special Court at Mohali in Punjab.
The accused identified as Rajender Singh alias Ganja (29) from Amritsar, Parminder Pal Singh alias Bobby (47) and Jasmeet Singh Hakimzada (41), both originally from New Delhi but currently located in Dubai. The accused has been convicted under Sections 120B IPC, sections 25, 27A and 29 of NDPS Act, 1985 and section 17of UA (P) Act.
The NIA officials said that the case arose out of Tarsikka in Amritsar (Rural) in May 2020, registered under sections 21 & 29 of NDPS Act relating to seizure of 500 grams of Heroin and proceeds of drugs about Rs. 1,20,000 from accused Jajbir Singh Samra and two other accused persons.
The NIA had re-registered the case on in January 2020 and taken up the investigation. Earlier, after completion of investigation, NIA had filed chargesheet against ten accused persons in the case under various sections of IPC, NDPS Act and UA(P) Act.
The NIA stated that the investigation has revealed that chargesheeted accused Rajender Singh was instrumental in selling the smuggled heroin in India, while Parminder Pal Singh had played important role in channelizing the proceeds through hawala from India to Dubai. Jasmeet Singh Hakimzada, a Dubai based international drugs smuggler and money launderer further transferred the funds to entities based in Pakistan to further the activities of banned terrorist organisation KLF. He along with Harmeet Singh, a Pakistan-based self-styled Chief of Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) have been instrumental in running a Narco-terror network to strengthen the terrorist activities of KLF.
The officials further added that the investigation has established that a network of narco-traffickers, terrorists and Hawala operatives based in Punjab, Delhi and Dubai was operating at the behest of Harmeet Singh and Jasmeet Singh Hakimzada and was indulging in subversive activities against India.
The NIA is further investigating the case to trace the absconding accused.
