Tramadol seizure: Rajiv Bhagat gets interim bail

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 8

Even as former district Congress chief and now Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Rajiv Bhagat got an interim bail from a local court in connection with the seizure of banned drug (tramadol), the police said it would oppose his bail on July 19, the next date of hearing.

Bhagat was nominated following the investigation into the seizure of tramadol by the Mattewal police in May. Three alleged drug traffickers were nabbed by the police at that time.

Their interrogation led to a raid at a firm in Paonta Sahib and huge quantity of tramadol was seized by cops. The police had booked Bhagat under the NDPS Act on June 25.

Majitha Assistant Superintendent of Police Abhimanyu Rana said the police would oppose the bail on the next date of hearing.

On the basis of the probe conducted so far, the police had named Bhagat as a kingpin of the racket. He along with Amarpeet Singh, alias Sunny, and Manu Chohan, used to supply tramadol, to other parts of the city, claimed the police.

On May 18, had seized 45,000 tramadol capsules from the possession of three persons.

This further led to the seizure of the drug worth Rs 15 crore from a factory in Paonta Sahib on May 28.

The police had nabbed the alleged owner Munish Mohan of Unique Formulations. During the probe, the police booked Parmar in the case. The police have so far arrested 10 persons in the case. Besides Mohan those arrested included Prem Kumar Jha, who runs a medical store in Delhi and his employee Bablu; Ranu Bhargav of Mohali; Rajesh Wadera; Parmod Bisht; Sunny, a chemist from Katra Sher Singh, and Chohan.