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Dismissed Punjab Police Officer Arrested in Patiala Drug Nexus Case
Raj Jit Singh, a former senior Punjab police officer, was arrested in Patiala.
Police say he had been missing since 2023.
The Anti-Narcotics Task Force located him after studying technical and financial information.
He is accused of helping drug traffickers and misusing his official position.
Investigators also link him to cases involving extortion, corruption and assets that may not match his known income.
The allegations are connected to dismissed inspector Inderjit Singh and failed drug-case samples.
Singh was dismissed from the police in 2023.
He says he may not get a fair investigation from Punjab Police and has taken his legal challenge to the Supreme Court.
Dismissed Assistant Inspector General Raj Jit Singh was arrested in Patiala by the Anti-Narcotics Task Force.
Officials said technical and financial investigations led police to a house in Darshan Singh Nagar.
Singh had been absconding since 2023 and was declared a proclaimed offender after failing to appear in court.
He faces cases involving an alleged police-drug trafficker nexus, extortion, corruption and disproportionate assets.
Singh denies receiving a fair probe from Punjab Police and has challenged the proceedings before the Supreme Court.
- Who
- Dismissed Punjab Police Assistant Inspector General Raj Jit Singh was arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Task Force.
- What
- He was arrested in cases linked to an alleged police-drug trafficker nexus, extortion, corruption and disproportionate assets.
- Where
- He was apprehended at a house in Darshan Singh Nagar, Patiala.
- When
- The arrest took place on Thursday, September 24; officials said he had been absconding since 2023.
- Why
- Police pursued him after investigations into alleged collusion with drug traffickers and related offenses.
Investigators and Government Findings
Raj Jit Singh's Legal Position
Alleged police-drug nexus
Investigators and Government Findings
Investigators and government findings say Raj Jit Singh and dismissed Inspector Inderjit Singh were complicit with drug smugglers and misused their official positions.
Raj Jit Singh's Legal Position
Raj Jit Singh is challenging the proceedings and has sought transfer of the investigation, arguing that he would not receive a fair probe from Punjab Police.
Handling of drug cases
Investigators and Government Findings
A government order alleged that Singh shielded drug traffickers, implicated innocent people in false cases and obstructed investigations involving Inderjit Singh.
Raj Jit Singh's Legal Position
The articles do not report a final court determination on these allegations; Singh's legal challenge remains pending before the Supreme Court.
Surrender and arrest
Investigators and Government Findings
Police arrested Singh after technical and financial investigations, while he had been declared a proclaimed offender for failing to appear in court.
Raj Jit Singh's Legal Position
His counsel told the Supreme Court that he was willing to surrender, and the court directed him to surrender before the relevant authorities.
Key facts
- Arresting agency
- Anti-Narcotics Task Force
- Arrest location
- Darshan Singh Nagar, Patiala
- Police rank before dismissal
- Assistant Inspector General; he had also served as Senior Superintendent of Police in Tarn Taran
- Dismissal
- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann dismissed him in April 2023
- Related investigation
- Special Investigation Team reports examined alleged links between police officers and drug traffickers
- Drug-case samples
- More than 50 samples under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act reportedly failed during the relevant postings
- Current legal status
- He was declared a proclaimed offender and has challenged the proceedings before the Supreme Court
Quotes
Punjab government order dismissing Raj Jit Singh
Official Punjab government order cited in the article
“Raj Jit Singh PPS as SSP Tarn Taran abused his official positions in order to shield the drug peddlers/smugglers from the clutches of law, implicate the innocent persons in false drug cases and also managed to scuttle the investigations in the FIRs registered against Inderjit Singh”
theprint.in
thehansindia.com
“During the tenure of Raj Jit Singh as SSP Tarn Taran and Inderjit Singh as in-charge CIA, more than 50 samples in cases under NDPS Act failed which shows that they had not left any stone unturned to hijack the government machinery to fulfil their own vested interests”
theprint.in
Sources
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