Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 30: The NIA today filed supplementary charge-sheet against Manpreet Singh alias Mann of Amritsar, Punjab before NIA Special Court, Mohali, Punjab under Section 120B, 201 and 489-C of IPC, Sections 25 (1AA) of Arms Act and Sections 21 (C), 27A and 29 of NDPS.
The case was originally registered at Sadar Police Station in Amritsar City related to the arrest of Hilal Ahmad Shergojri and seizure of a truck and recovery of Rs. 29 lakhs from his possession.
He was an Over Ground Worker and a close associate of Riyaz Ahmad Naikoo, the then commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) in Kashmir, who had come to Amritsar to collect funds that were proceeds of narcotics sale, for furthering terrorist activities in J&K. The NIA had.
re-registered the case and taken over the investigation. Earlier, the NIA had filed chargesheet against 11 accused in the case.
Investigation has revealed that chargesheeted accused Manpreet Singh alias Mann is a narco trafficker and he was in close contact with other co-conspirators of the case for supply of weapons and channelising the proceeds of sale of narcotics. During search, 130 live rounds of 9mm calibre of Pakistani origin were recovered from his possession.
Further investigation in the case is on.
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