In yet another biggest attachment of properties owned by drug peddlers, Haryana Police has attached ill-gotten assets of a drug peddler and his family members, worth over Rs 6.5 crore in Kurukshetra district, claiming the properties were acquired through smuggling of narcotics.
The competent authority on November 1 has ordered to attach properties registered in the name of accused Roshan Lal, a resident of Dhantori, Kurukshetra and his family members, said an official spokesman.
The authority had ordered to attach 130-kanal 105-marla farm land worth Rs 4.96 crore and six separate bank accounts with funds over Rs 1.60 crore in the name of the accused and his family members. The Police had requested the competent authority to attach illegal assets worth about Rs 10 crore. Out of which, the authority had passed an order to attach ill-gotten property worth over Rs 6.5 crore, the spokesman said.
Giving details, he said that a total of four cases under NDPS Act were registered against accused Roshan Lal in Thanesar and Shahabad police stations in Kurukshetra as well as in Punjab state. He alongwith two others was arrested in October 2020 after the police had recovered 10.38 quintals of doda post and 34 kg ganja patti within the jurisdiction of Thanesar police station. In addition, his son is also facing two cases under the NDPS Act. The cases registered against the accused are pending in the court, the spokesman said.
In October 2021, the police had attached assets of a drug smuggler of Kurukshetra and his family members valued at Rs 7.5 crore on the orders of the competent authority. 11 cases under NDPS Act were registered against him.
The spokesman further said that under the massive crackdown launched against drug peddlers, Haryana Police has now started the process of attaching the properties of drug mafias who are playing with the lives of the innocent youth. This action will send a strong message among drug peddlers that their property can be confiscated if they still do not refrain themselves from this illegal trade, he added.