DRUG TRAFFICKING
Accused Army officer names civilian
Shariq Majeed
Tribune News Service

Rajouri, September 17
After an Army officer was arrested for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking, further interrogations from him have reportedly pointed towards the involvement of a civilian in this case.

The arrested accused, Army officer Naik Tejinder Singh of 10 Sikh Regiment posted in the Jhangar area at Nowshera here, was taken into custody by the Army authorities after his involvement in drug trafficking was named by his colleague arrested by the Punjab police with a huge consignment of heroin.

Naik Tejinder Singh told interrogators that one Bunty of the Manjakote area, near here, lured him to join drug trafficking as there is huge money in this business. Tejinder Singh further revealed that Bunty gave him the heroin consignment to be sold in Punjab and the money would be shared later on, sources said.

Tejinder Singh told the interrogators that after he failed to sell the heroin, he buried it in his field before returning to duty. He then narrated the whole plan to his colleague Sukhwinder Singh and offered him money to which the latter agreed and dug out the consignment from the field.

Sukhwinder Singh, then proceeded to Fazilka to meet his sister and also look for customers, but the Punjab Police nabbed him, along with the drugs, before he could find customers, sources said.

Reliable sources further disclosed that after the revelations by Tejinder Singh about the involvement of Bunty of Manjakote, senior Army officers rushed to the Manjakote area to ascertain the whereabouts of the civilian involved in drug trafficking.