Pune court remands 'drug kingpin' Virender Singh Basoya to NCB custody till August 21

The prosecution told the court that the accused stayed abroad for a long time. His name has surfaced in several drug-related cases and there is a possibility that he is a key figure in a major drug trafficking racket.

Sixty-two-year-old Jaspal Singh, accused of attacking Shiromani Akali Dal chief and former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, was sent into police custody till August 24 by the Mudkhed Court in Nanded on Friday.

India's Narcotics Control Bureau has secured the extradition of Virender Singh Basoya from the UAE. Basoya is accused of orchestrating a multi-crore cocaine syndicate and fled the country. This significant development follows sustained inter-agency coordination and international legal action. The Union Home Minister co