Charges framed against former Hry DSP, ex-IAF personnel in cocaine smuggling case
Hindustan TimesA special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court judge in Mohali on Wednesday framed charges against former Haryana DSP and a retired Air Force personnel in money laundering in a cocaine smuggling case. ED initiated the investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the Punjab Police under Section 22 of the NDPS Act,1985, against Dara Singh, Gurdarshan Singh and others They have been charged under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Directorate of Enforcement had filed a prosecution complaint under the PMLA, 2002, on October 21, 2022, against former DSP Gurdarshan Singh Sodhi and retired Air Force personnel Dara Singh. ED investigation revealed that accused Gurdarshan Singh had sold the contraband -- 1.23 kg of cocaine valued ₹50 lakhs approximately in the international market to the accused Dara Singh in lieu of which Dara Singh has issued two bearer cheques to the tune of ₹6 lakhs and ₹4 lakhs respectively.