Bhagwanpuria Detained Under PIT-NDPS Act, Sent to Assam Jail

Action taken as the gangster repeatedly used mobile phones to orchestrate criminal activities from Punjab's high-security jails 'as evidenced by multiple cases': NCB

- Ravinder Vasudeva

CHANDIGARH: Notorious gangster-cum-drug lord Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, who is also an accused in the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala, was detained under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act on Sunday and shifted to a Silchar jail in Assam from Punjab, the NCB said.

Bhagwanpuria, who was lodged in Bathinda Central Jail in connection with the Moosewala murder case, was transported to Chandigarh Airport and then flown to Assam under tight security in cooperation with Punjab Police. He was arrested in a murder case in 2015 and since then has been lodged in several jails in the state. He has 128 FIRs registered against him in Punjab and other states.

The PIT-NDPS Act of 1988 provides for the "detention of persons concerned in any manner with illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for one or two year(s) with a view to preventing them from engaging in such harmful and prejudicial activities".