The National Investigation Agency along with Punjab and Haryana police arrested Ranjit Singh, a narco-terrorist with links to ISI controlled networks in Pakistan. Also known as Rana alias Cheeta, he is said to be a ‘big fish’ in the narco-terrorism networks. He is also said to have aided Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Riyaz Naikoo who was neutralized by the security forces a few days back. It seems that the input shared by Punjab police had played an important role in gunning down Naikoo.
Along with Singh, his brother Gagandeep alias Bhola was also arrested from Begu village in Sirsa district of Haryana
The NIA in a statement said that Singh was functioning as a conduit for Pakistan based terror groups to push drugs into India which is used for financing terror activities. He is said to have engaged in smuggling large consignment of drugs and illegal weapons into India through the Attari border and also across the Indo-Pak border in Jammu & Kashmir.
Singh along with another accused Iqbal Singh alias Shera were the prime accused in a case of heroin smuggling where 532 kg of the drug was hidden and brought in rock salt consignment from Pakistan. The Custom officials had seized it in the Attari border checkpoint in June 2019. This was done through an elaborate network of importers, custom house agents and transporters.
The NIA said that Singh was also the prime accused when Punjab police busted a terror funding module of Hizbul Mujahideen on April 25 with the arrested of Hilal Ahmad. This money was being sent to Naikoo, the slained Hizb terrorist.