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Absconding Ex-Punjab Police AIG Raj Jit Singh Arrested in Drug Nexus Case
- •Dismissed Punjab Police AIG Raj Jit Singh, absconding for three years in a drug trafficking nexus case, was arrested from Patiala.
- •Singh was apprehended from a house in Darshan Singh Nagar following a technical and financial investigation by the Anti-Narcotics Task Force.
- •He was dismissed in April 2023 by Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann based on SIT reports detailing his complicity with drug traffickers.
- •The SIT, formed in 2017, investigated Singh's alleged association with dismissed police inspector Inderjit Singh.
- •Reports indicated Singh and Inderjit misused their positions to "mint money," shield drug peddlers, and implicate innocent persons in false drug cases.
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Raj Jit Singh was a Punjab Police Assistant Inspector General (AIG) who was dismissed in April 2023 by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. His dismissal followed special investigation team reports detailing his alleged nexus with drug traffickers, patronage of dismissed inspector Inderjit Singh, and abuse of official position to mint money and shield criminals.
Raj Jit Singh had been absconding for approximately six years after going on the run in 2019. He was finally apprehended in Patiala after surrendering to the police.
The duo was accused of misusing their official positions to extort money, help drug smugglers escape punishment, and frame innocent individuals in false drug cases. During Raj Jit Singh's tenure as SSP Tarn Taran and Inderjit Singh as CIA in-charge, numerous NDPS Act cases failed because they hijacked government machinery for personal gain.
