New Delhi, Dec 18 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), in a chargesheet filed against Dubai-based international drug smuggler Jasmeet Singh Hakimzada, has uncovered an alleged narco-terror network involved in trafficking heroin and channelling its proceeds to fund the banned terrorist organisation, the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF).
The chargesheet was filed before the Rouse Avenue Court in the national capital.
The profit generated from the sale of heroin was intended to “serve the cause of KLF by raising funds for terrorist activities. The accused had “hatched a criminal conspiracy to run a Narco terror module to finance the terrorist activities of KLF.
During the investigation, open-source intelligence revealed that Jasmeet Singh Hakimzada, along with his parents and several associated companies in India and the UAE, were added to the US Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals list in February 2019 under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.
A copy of the chargesheet has been accessed by the UNI News Agency.
The chargesheet names Jasmeet Singh Hakimzada as an international drug smuggler and money launderer; Harmeet Singh alias PhD, identified as the chief of the Khalistan Liberation Force; Jajbir Singh Samra alias Jaji, described as the on-ground handler for narcotics and cash in India; and multiple Hawala operators, including Nirmal Singh alias Neeldhari, Satpal Singh, Hiralal, and Harjit Singh alias Bagga, who allegedly facilitated the transfer of drug proceeds overseas.
The ED case is based on a First Information Report (FIR) registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in January 2020, which was itself based on an earlier Punjab Police case involving the recovery of 500 grams of heroin.
“Heroin was allegedly sent into India by Harmeet Singh alias PhD from Pakistan. The consignments were received and sold in India by Jajbir Singh Samra and his associate, Varinder Singh Chahal. The cash proceeds from these sales were allegedly collected by Nirmal Singh alias Neeldhari. This money was then purportedly passed to a chain of Hawala operators Satpal Singh, Hiralal, and Shri Harjit Singh alias Bagga—with instructions to send it onwards through two other operators, Govind Singh and Shri Parminder Pal Singh alias Bobby,” said a source quoting the chargesheet.
The source further said that the funds were ultimately alleged to have been transferred to Dubai-based Jasmeet Singh Hakimzada. The ED chargesheet states that approximately Rs 83.5 lakh was collected and transferred in this manner in three instalments.
Heroin to havoc: ED exposes drug money trail funding KLF terror
