Punjab cop-turned-NRI his aide
Panchkula, September 12One of the drug peddlers arrested by the Panchkula police from a house at Sector 9 here on Saturday night is a kabaddi player who has represented Punjab in matches against Canada and England.
According to sources, the accused, Navjot Singh of Jalandhar, belongs to a well-off family which owns 10 acres. He is also facing a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, registered at Ludhiana in 2009.
Gurdyal Singh, Sarabjit Singh, Dilbag Singh, Navjot and Sarabjit are the persons arrested. Three-kg opium, a pistol and a revolver have been seized from their possession.
The other accused are also from well-off families. It is being investigated what made them choose this path, says a senior police officer.
Sarabjit and Dilbagh are NRIs. Sarabjit and his two brothers have settled in Canada. Dilbagh is with the Punjab Police since 1999. He went on short leave and left the country for Australia a few years ago.
The other Sarabjit runs a real estate business. All of them had a common link in the name of Mintoo, a resident of Panchkula, who managed to flee from the spot at the time of the raid, said the sources.
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