Monday, November 25, 2024
Advertisement
  1. You Are At:
  2. News
  3. India
  4. Drug kingpin Bhola in Phagwara police's custody for ASI murder

Drug kingpin Bhola in Phagwara police's custody for ASI murder

Phagwara: Alleged drug racketeer Jagdish Singh Bhola has been sent to the custody of the Phagwara police for five days in connection with the murder of an assistant sub-inspector of police last year.  Superintendent of

PTI Updated on: January 16, 2014 18:22 IST


Bhola was sent back to the Nabha jail only yesterday morning by the Jalandhar police after keeping him in custody for eight days in connection with a heroin seizure case.  

Meanwhile, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary and former minister Joginder Singh Mann today alleged that Bhola was being booked in fresh cases because he had named Punjab Revenue Minister Bikramjit Singh Majithia in the multi-crore drug racket.

“Prior to Bhola's disclosure that Majithia and two other Akali Dal ministers were involved in the drug racket, neither the Jalandhar police nor the Phagwara police had mentioned his involvement in any other case. He was being taught a lesson for naming Akali bigwigs in the drug racket,” Mann claimed.


Advertisement

Read all the Breaking News Live on indiatvnews.com and Get Latest English News & Updates from India

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement