Drug haul case:Court rejects Sarabjit's anticipatory bail plea

A local court today rejected the anticipatory bail of dismissed Sub Inspector (SI) of Punjab police Sarabjit Singh, allegedly involved in a drug haul case, in which the name of international boxer Vijender Singh had cropped up.
District and Sessions Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib also dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Sarabjit's wife, who was not yet booked in this case.
A team of Fatehgarh Sahib police raided the house of Sarabjit on the intervening night of March 26-27 at Naya Gaon and claimed to recover 2.6 kg opium and one-kg powder and packing material for drugs.
The packing material was similar to what had been recovered from the house of drug haul case kingpin Jagdish Bhola on March 7.

In addition, 10 empties of AK-47 and a 12-bore gun were recovered. No licence for the gun could be produced by those present in the house of Sarabjit. 11 mobile handsets were also seized.
After Bhola absconded on March 7, he went to the house of Sarabjit on March 11 from where he made telephone calls to his associates using the mobile phone registered in the name of Sarabjit's wife Reet Sidhu.

The police had claimed Sarabjit was an active member of the gang of smugglers headed by NRI Anoop Singh Kahlon and dismissed DSP Jagdish Bhola.
Sarabjit aided Bhola in absconding and arranged hideouts for him.

After involvement of Sarabjit in the case, the matter was examined at Punjab police headquarters and on a reference from Fatehgarh Sahib police, SSP Patiala dismissed him from service.
Punjab police is yet to arrest Bhola.