The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed the second supplementary charge-sheet against 22 people in the Mundra Port narcotics seizure case, alleging sale proceeds of the drugs were channelised to the Lashkar-e-Tayabba (LeT) terrorists for spreading terrorism in the country.  

“Investigation established that funds generated through the sale proceeds of heroin were provided to operatives of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) for furtherance of terrorist activities in India,” the NIA said in a statement.

 “During further investigation of the case, it was found that there is an organised criminal conspiracy to smuggle illegal consignments of heroin through international trade routes to India from Afghanistan, hatched by the accused. While investigating forward and backward linkages of the crime, a well-oiled network of operatives involved in the import, facilitation and transport of drug laden consignments has been uncovered. It has also been revealed that consignments were being imported through multiple fake/shell import proprietorship firms floated in India through multiple accused,” the NIA said.

The prime accused Harpreet Singh Talwar alias Kabir Talwar visited Dubai, United Arab Emirates on multiple occasions and willfully participated in the conspiracy for exploiting the commercial sea-route of import, in order to smuggle heroin into India in commercial quantities, it said.

He is running multiple trades in New Delhi, like clubs, retail showrooms and import firms. These firms are opened by Kabir Talwar in the names of his employees, relatives and friends, which are solely operated by him.