Sidhu Questions ‘Inaction’ of Congress, SAD Governments on Drug Smugglers
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Chandigarh: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday questioned the "inaction" of his party's government and the previous Akali dispensation against those involved in drug smuggling in the state.
In a statement, he also said that people of the state were eagerly waiting for the Special Task Force (STF)'s report on drugs.
Sidhu said that despite the high court's directions, both these governments had done nothing to complete to extradite 13 drug smugglers to India. He said these persons were involved in peddling drugs in Punjab and that they smuggled drugs to other countries.
He said the people, especially those who have lost their children to the drug menace, have high hopes that stern action would be taken.
The state Congress chief said that even a common man understands why these drug smugglers have not been extradited in the past five years. "Because had they been brought to [the] book, they would have spilled the beans and would have exposed the unholy nexus of drug peddlers and politicians," Sidhu added.
In 2018, the Punjab police STF had filed a status report on drug racket in the Punjab and Haryana high court.
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