Sunil Jakhar urged Amit Shah on Saturday to order NIA and ED probes into drug trade operating from Punjab prisons. Jakhar claimed the Bhagwant Mann government failed to curb this menace. He said, "These investigations are needed to save Punjab from the scourge of drugs, which the government miserably failed."

Former BJP's Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar on Saturday urged Home Minister Amit Shah to order a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the drug trade allegedly operating from Punjab's prisons under government patronage. In a letter to Amit Shah, Jakhar also demanded an Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into money laundering linked to the drug trade, including the large sum of money seized from a drug inspector arrested on charges of selling drugs. "These investigations are needed to save Punjab from the scourge of drugs, which the Bhagwant Mann government has miserably failed to curb," he wrote.   I have written to the Hon'ble Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah, requesting an NIA investigation into the drug trade allegedly operating from Punjab's prisons under government patronage, and an ED investigation into money laundering linked to the drug trade, including the large sum of money seized from a drug inspector arrested on charges of selling drugs. These investigations are needed to save Punjab from the scourge of drugs, which the Bhagwant Mann government has miserably failed to curb. -- Sunil Jakhar (@sunilkjakhar) October 17, 2026 Jakhar drew Shah's attention to a drug related case from Mansa. In 2024, the Punjab Police arrested a drug inspector who had served in the district. Assets worth crores were uncovered, including Rs 7.09 crore in 24 bank accounts, two bank lockers, Rs 1.49 crore in cash, 260 gm of gold, foreign currency and real estate worth Rs 2.40 crore. Jakhar said the Director General of Police had himself described the inspector as the kingpin of a gang involving jailed traffickers that facilitated the sale of drugs. The BJP leader said the case involved a drug network operating from prisons, cross-border links and movable and immovable assets worth crores, making it fit for a money laundering investigation. He alleged that the state government, under AAP's Bhagwant Mann, neither sought an NIA probe nor referred the matter to the ED. Jakhar alleged that after the inspector was granted bail, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government reinstated him in service and gave him an important posting at the department's headquarters.