Drug racket kingpin Bhola pleads innocence

Denying Punjab Police's claim that he was arrested from a hide-out in Haryana, drug lord Jagadish Singh alias Bhola today said he was innocent and demanded a CBI probe into the multi-crore drug racket.
"I am innocent and demand a CBI probe in the case," he told reporters during hearing in a local court here today.
He denied the claims that a special team of Punjab Police had arrested him with their highly publicised "secret efforts".
"Police did not arrest me. I was called on the pretext of signing some papers to hand over the case to CBI. But when I reached to sign the papers, they 'arrested' me from Haryana and started taking credit for my arrest, which was never (the case)," he said.

Senior police officers including Patiala SSP Hardial Singh Mann have repeatedly claimed that they nabbed him after much efforts.
"All are concocted stories of the Punjab police. When I have not done anything wrong, why should I have remorse?" he asked, adding that nothing has been recovered "from me till date".
Bhola, former DSP and Arjuna awardee, was arrested with his associates, major supplier Jagjit Singh Chahal and Manjinder Singh Aulakh last month from Murthal in Haryana.
The court remanded him in police custody till December 6.