Shimla Police Arrest 6 In Rohru Drug Case; Main Distributor Held At Indo-Nepal Border

Shimla: Shimla Police beget arrested six persons in reference to a heroin (chitta) trafficking racket in Rohru and apprehended the alleged foremost distributor from the Indo-Nepal border, Shimla Extra SP Abhishek said on Saturday. Speaking to ANI, he said the district police had been persevering with their entire crackdown towards drug traffickers and had been working to dismantle the total present chain. “The Shimla Police’s comprehensive action against drug traffickers is continuing, and we are dismantling the entire supply network step by step,” he said.

He said that Rohru Police Residing registered FIR No. 5/26 on February 2, after energetic two residents of Punjab, Jashandeep Singh and Dharampreet Singh, shut to Mehandli Bridge in Rohru with 83 grams of heroin. Following their arrest, police executed an intensive examination of digital evidence and analysed the bank accounts of the accused to designate the provision chain. The investigation printed the involvement of loads of assorted other folks in the network.

Acting on the leads, Rohru Police arrested three extra accused on February 10. The arrested persons had been identified as Ashish Chauhan (24), a resident of Khashdhar in Chirgaon; Naveen Shitta (31), a resident of Goksawari in Chirgaon; and Diwan Chand (39), a resident of Sundha in Chirgaon. All three had been taken on police remand and are being interrogated.

All the diagram in which thru further investigation, police found that Jashandeep Singh became supplying heroin in diversified aspects of Shimla district, particularly in Rohru and Chirgaon. His key affiliate and a foremost distributor in the Chirgaon attach became identified as Vijender Singh Mehta, often referred to as Chotu. In accordance to police, Vijender veteran to salvage heroin from Jashandeep Singh and distribute it in the community with the lend a hand of work-mates, thereby drawing formative years into drug abuse.

On February 1, police also printed that Jashandeep Singh had allegedly introduced round 120 grams of heroin from Moga in Punjab to Rohru. Out of this consignment, approximately 37 grams had been supplied to Vijender Mehta, who became working as a foremost distributor in the Chirgaon dwelling. To evade arrest, Vijender Singh Mehta fled the dwelling and reportedly took safe haven in Nepal. On February 13, after sustained technical surveillance and investigation, Rohru Police performed a joint operation with Uttarakhand Police and Nepal Police and arrested him within forty eight hours from Banbasa, located along the Indo-Nepal border.

The accused has been identified as Vijender Singh alias Chotu (35), son of Padam Sain, a resident of village Sundha Bhonda in Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district. Police data display conceal that three cases below the NDPS Act are already registered towards him. One case became registered on July 27, 2018, below Allotment 21 of the NDPS Act on the Chirgaon Police Residing, District Shimla. One other case became registered on February 23, 2019, below Sections 21 and 29 of the NDPS Act on the identical police attach. A third case became registered on February 2 below Sections 21 and 29 of the NDPS Act on the Rohru Police Residing, District Shimla. In these earlier cases, a entire of 63 grams of heroin had been recovered from him.

“In this case, six accused have been arrested so far, and the investigation is continuing from every angle. We are identifying the main source of supply and will dismantle the entire network,” Abhishek said. He further said that, so a ways this year, Shimla Police beget registered forty eight NDPS Act cases and arrested 94 accused persons. “We are also conducting financial investigations in parallel in all chitta cases. The illegal assets earned through drug trafficking will be identified and attached as per the law,” he added.