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Jagdish Bhola Freed on Bail After Nearly 12 Years in ₹700 Crore Drug Racket

Granted bail on strict terms—Rs 5 lakh surety bond; passport surrender; 100-tree community service—Bhola awaits High Court rulings on his drug trafficking appeals alongside a separate money laundering case

Jagdish Bhola

Overview

  • Bhola walked out of Bathinda Central Jail on June 1 after serving sentences totalling 34 years in convictions for synthetic drug trafficking and money laundering.
  • The Punjab and Haryana High Court granted his bail on May 21, imposing conditions to mitigate flight risk and ensure community accountability.
  • Originally arrested in November 2013, Bhola was accused of masterminding a multi-state synthetic narcotics network valued at ₹700 crore.
  • A former Arjuna Award-winning wrestler and DSP dismissed in 2012 after poppy husk seizures, he faces multiple FIRs in Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib and Mohali.
  • His pending appeals in both the NDPS Act and money laundering cases underscore continuing scrutiny of alleged links between criminal networks and political circles in Punjab.