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Sunil Jakhar Seeks NIA And ED Probe Into Punjab Prison Drug Trade
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Moneycontrol•17-10-2026, 15:24
Sunil Jakhar Seeks NIA And ED Probe Into Punjab Prison Drug Trade
- •Former BJP Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar has urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to order an NIA investigation into the drug trade allegedly operating from Punjab prisons.
- •Jakhar also demanded an ED probe into money laundering linked to the drug trade, citing the massive wealth seized from an arrested drug inspector.
- •He accused the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government of failing to curb the drug menace and alleged that the state administration even reinstated the accused inspector after he received bail.
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Punjab BJP leader Sunil Jakhar wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah requesting a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into drug networks operating from Punjab's prisons and an Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into money laundering linked to the drug trade.
Jakhar drew attention to a drug case from Mansa involving a drug inspector arrested in 2024. Assets worth crores were uncovered, including Rs 7.09 crore across bank accounts, cash, gold, and real estate, with the DGP describing the inspector as a gang kingpin.
According to Sunil Jakhar, after the arrested drug inspector was granted bail, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government reinstated him in service and gave him an important posting at the department's headquarters.
