ED attaches assets of accused in Raja Kandola drug case

LUDHIANA: In a major development in the infamous Raja Kandola Drugs case, Enforcement directorate’s (ED) zonal office, Jalandhar on Tuesday attached assets worth Rs. 1,08,77,720 crores belonging to Nishan Singh, a resident of Sunam who is a accused in this case. A statement too was issued by ED on Tuesday which said, “The Directorate of Enforcement today issued a Provisional Attachment Order for attaching immovable properties valued at Rs.1,08,77,720 in the name of Nishan Singh and his family members and a Toyota Corolla Altis car registered in the name of Nishan Singh.Nishan Singh is an accused in a Drug case involving Ranjit Singh alias Raja Kandola”.
The statement further read, “Punjab Police, Kartarpur had registered an FIR against Ranjit Singh Kandola and others in the year 2012. The police had also recovered 250 gm Heroin from Toyota Corrolla Car belonging to Nishan Singh on 13.06.2012. The enforcement directorate started investigation in the case on 29.10.2012”
Notably properties worth Rs.6.34 crores have already been attached in the Raja Kandola case by the ED. The attached properties include Hotels, Flats, Houses, Residential Plots and Agricultural Land. Prosecution complaints/chargesheets have already been filed by the directorate against three of the main accused including the kingpin Raja Kandola before The Special Court (PMLA) at Jalandhar where trial proceedings are going on. As per ED officials the Investigation against the remaining accused is in progress.
Kandola, known as BMW Singh in Punjab as he used to flaunt his luxury cars, has now been booked by the STF for supplying heroin to various dealers through two Jalandhar-based NRIs. The FIR was registered in Ludhiana on July 11th.Kandola is already facing six cases registered by Delhi police and Enforcement Directorate (ED) under NDPS Act.