CHANDIGARH: Alleged drug cartel kingpin Jagdish Singh Bhola’s revelations to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have put the Punjab government in a tight spot.



Bhola, in a written statement to the ED, has said Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia is involved in the Rs 5,000-crore drug racket. He also has alleged that Punjab jail minister Sarwan Singh Phillaur’s son Damanjit Singh Phillaur is hand-inglove with the drug cartel.



Bhola, according to sources, has reportedly told ED that Majithia had asked his close aide and businessman Jagjit Chahal to supply pseudoephedrine — a precursor chemical used to make drugs — to alleged smugglers Satta and Pinki after Chahal stopped giving the chemical to them.



Pseudoephedrine is cheaper in India, but commands higher prices in Canada and European countries. This chemical is used in drug units to manufacture cold and allergy medicines.



In Canada, European countries and America, smugglers make “ice drug” by mixing pseudoephedrine with phenylpropanolamine and ephedrine.



Bhola has also reportedly told ED officials that Damanjit has relations with Varinder Singh alias Raja who was arrested with pseudoephedrine. Raja is lodged in Patiala jail.



Bhola has also revealed that Damanjit had also introduced Raja to Chuni Lal Gaba of Jalandhar, who owns a drug manufacturing unit in Himachal Pradesh’s Baddi.



Gaba allegedly used to supply pseudoephedrine to Raja, according to the police.



Sources said the ED is likely to quiz Majithia for his alleged nexus with drug kingpins Pinky and Satta.



Damanjit has refuted the allegations, saying Raja is not known to him. “I have no knowledge about the case. I don’t know Raja. My family is close to Chuni Lal Gaba,” Damanjit said.



































