Kingpin of drug smuggling racket
Inspector Normal of Police Vikas Kumar mentioned Singh was concerned in smuggling ‘gaanja' from Telangana and Odisha into Rajasthan. “The ‘drug kingpin' belonged to Sikar district and carried a bounty of Rs 25,000,” Kumar added. The arrest was made beneath ‘Operation Gaanjaney', collectively performed by the state's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and Anti-Narcotics Job Power (ANTF).
Officers mentioned Bajrang Singh left research after Class 10 and briefly served within the Border Safety Power (BSF) earlier than becoming a member of the NSG for seven years. He was a part of the community in the course of the 2008 26/11 Mumbai terror assault.
Political ambitions and legal hyperlinks
IGP Kumar famous that Singh's political ambitions surfaced in 2021 when he tried to discipline his spouse in native elections. Although the trouble failed, it elevated his publicity in native circles and strengthened his affect. Police mentioned Singh had additionally established hyperlinks with legal components in Odisha and Rajasthan, leveraging his village standing to advance narcotics and terror-related actions.
Investigation and arrest
Singh was beneath surveillance for practically two months. Regardless of efforts to evade arrest utilizing faux cellular IDs and hiding in distant villages, authorities traced him by technical intelligence and informers. “This operation was a results of weeks of planning and intelligence sharing. The arrest of a hardened operative like Bajrang is a big achievement in neutralising the terror-narcotics nexus in Rajasthan,” the IGP mentioned.