Chandigarh, May 7: The Punjab Police has traced inter-state links of slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo with the arrest of two accomplices of his close associate Hilal Ahmed Wagay from Amritsar on Wednesday. Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta identified them as Bikram Singh alias Vicky and Maninder Singh alias Mani.
Wagay was arrested by the Punjab Police on April 25 while he was in Amritsar to collect cash on Naikoo’s bidding.“The police seized 1kg heroin and Rs 32 lakh from the duo’s possession, pointing to Pakistan-sponsored conspiracy to smuggle narcotics and weapons into the state,” the DGP said.
Bikram Singh, he said, came on a Scooty to deliver Rs 29 lakh in cash to Hilal Ahmed on the instructions of his cousins. “Bikram and Maninder, along with their cousins Ranjit Singh, Iqbal Singh Shera and Sarwan Singh, would smuggle drugs and weapons,” he added.
