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Time of India
19-07-2025
- Time of India
Kusum's Empire Crumbles: Drug Supply Racket Busted
New Delhi: Delhi Police have seized assets worth Rs 4 crore from Kusum, a notorious drug dealer from northwest Delhi's Sultanpuri. She had been absconding after a police raid at her home in March. The assets include eight properties, seven of which are located in Sultanpuri itself and one in Rohini's Sector 24. All of them, the cops claimed, were acquired through illicit money earned from large-scale drug trafficking. Kusum is the alleged kingpin of a tightly guarded local narcotics operation based out of Sultanpuri. She has 12 cases registered against her under the Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Act filed in various districts and by the Crime Branch. Police said that the financial trail leading to the seizure was uncovered during a months-long investigation following the March raid which came after the anti-narcotics squad of the outer district police led by inspector Ritesh discovered suspicious movements in the area. You Can Also Check: Delhi AQI | Weather in Delhi | Bank Holidays in Delhi | Public Holidays in Delhi According to documents submitted in court, the raid led to the arrest of Kusum's son, Amit, 26, and the recovery of 550 small packets of heroin, Tramadol tablets, Rs 14 lakh in cash and a Scorpio SUV. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villas For Sale in Dubai Might Surprise You Dubai villas | search ads Get Deals Undo During the investigation into her financial assets, the police team found that her two daughters had deposited nearly Rs 2 crore over a year and a half, a police officer revealed. "The money was transferred through dozens of small-value transactions, mostly ranging between Rs 2,000 and Rs 5,000, across multiple bank accounts. Notably, Rs 70 lakh of this amount was deposited in just the first six months of this year," the officer added. Police said the two daughters failed to provide any legitimate explanation for the source of the money, further strengthening the case against the family. The cops had narrowed their focus on a particular house after observing repeated visits by known drug suppliers. "Kusum's residence or what appeared from the outside to be four separate residences, turned out to be a single massive structure on the inside with ground plus four floors, created by knocking down internal walls and merging four adjoining houses," said a police officer. In a densely populated working-class locality like Sultanpuri, where cramped one-room tenements are the norm, this property stood out in both size and scale. Police have written to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, requesting the demolition of the said residence as it was against building norms. When contacted, Sachin Sharma, DCP (North), confirmed the developments and said investigation was under way. With the seizure of her Rs 4 crore property, police said the area's drug supply lines had been severely disrupted. The hunt for Kusum herself continues.
Indian Express
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Priyank Kharge says he is being held responsible for someone else's mistake
Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj minister Priyank Kharge said Monday that he was being held responsible for someone else's mistake and everyone accused of wrongdoing in Karnataka was considered his aide. The reaction came after the Opposition trained guns on him after photos of the minister and his father, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, with Lingaraj Kanni, Congress worker from Kalaburagi who was arrested for allegedly supplying codeine-based cough syrup in Kalyan city, surfaced on social media Sunday. Kanni was arrested by Maharashtra police on June 22 along with three others for allegedly supplying 120 bottles of the syrup in Kalyan city, in violation of the Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Act. Kanni, who is in the pharmaceutical business, allegedly supplied codeine bottles to three other accused. He had joined the Congress from BJP ahead of Assembly elections in 2023. As per the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, since people use codeine as a drug, it can only be supplied after a prescription and cannot be sold openly. An officer from Thane police said the arrests took place during police patrolling in Bakri Mandi Road in Kalyan, where a police team observed the three men behaving suspiciously. On searching them, the police found the bottles, following which the trio was placed under arrest. The three arrested accused were identified as Tausif Surve, 34, a driver; Linkgaraj Allgud, 40; and Irfan Ibrahim. Allgud and Ibrahim are residents of Karnataka. An officer said during interrogation, police sought to find the source of the codeine bottles, which led them to Kanni, who was arrested the same day. Responding to media queries, Kharge said that the Congress party would not defend his acts. 'We have recommended the district Congress unit to suspend him from the party,' he said. Kanni, he said, was the president of the Kalaburagi South Block Congress. 'He was a Congress office-bearer… Since he was in the party, it is normal that he shares the stage with me. Only for this reason, he is called my aide,' Kharge said. 'How is that everyone is my aide? In the Bidar case, they (the BJP) alleged that the accused were my aides. In the Belagavi PDO case, the accused was considered my aide,' he said, adding that he was being held responsible for someone else's mistake. The Congress neither encourages nor accepts such activities. The party condemns it and he will be suspended from the party, he said. 'If something happens in the Kalyana Karnataka region, then Priyank Kharge is held responsible. If it happens in Karnataka, I am responsible. If it happens in Kashmir or Canada, then too I am responsible according to the BJP,' the minister added. According to the police officer, the four accused were interrogated that led to the role of another accused who is on the run. 'The four accused are currently in judicial custody, and we are looking for the fifth accused,' the officer said. He added, 'We do not know who shared Kanni's photographs with political leaders, but it has nothing to do with our case. We are focused on getting the fifth accused.'
