Raja Kandola, the kingpin of the 200 Crore INR international drug racket related to Jalandhar, Punjab, has been acquitted by the court today. The police could not present any evidence regarding the allegations against him in the case. In light of this the court acquitted Kandola. An FIR for drug trafficking was registered against Raja Kandola in 2012 in which the police had claimed that the said drugs racket was worth more than Rs 200 crore. Raja Kandola is originally a resident of Nawanshahr.
About 11 years ago, the Special Cell of Delhi Police had arrested Ranjit Singh a.k.a Raja Kandola, who had absconded from Delhi's Sabzi Mandi station. Jalandhar Police had shared inputs with Delhi Police. Raja Kandola's driver Sukhjinder Singh alias Commando was also arrested in the case. He was also acquitted in court today.
Kandola was arrested from Delhi. On June 1, 2012, the rural police had exposed Raja's drug racket. The police had caught 19 people including Rajwant Kaur, Raja’s wife, but Raja escaped. On August 14, 2012, Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested Raja from Lodhi Road.
Ranjit Singh alias Raja Kandola, also known as the kingpin of the international drug smuggling racket, has a wife named, Rajwant Kaur, has also been involved in his racket. Punjab Police had registered a case against Rajwant Kaur on charges of NDPS and money laundering as well. Transactions worth crores were made from Rajwant's bank accounts, the account of which was not given to the Income Tax Department.
Rajwant has worked as a visa officer in the Greek Embassy. The Income Tax Department had informed in a letter sent to ED on June 24, 2015 that Rajwant Kaur Virk had not filed any income tax return. She purchased all the immovable properties with the proceeds of crime through drug trafficking gangs.