Bareilly police freeze Rs 3.2cr assets of alleged drug trafficker
BAREILLY: Police froze assets worth Rs 3.20 crore allegedly linked to a drug trafficking network run by Pankaj Upadhyay alias Pankaj Sharma and his son Rohit Sharma under provisions of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, officials said. The action was taken after directions from the NDPS Act-SAFEMA court in New Delhi.
Police said Pankaj, a resident of Guldiya village in Mirganj area of Bareilly district, had been involved in smack trafficking since 1999 and allegedly built an interstate narcotics network across Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh. Officials said he had been arrested several times and served jail terms but allegedly resumed illegal activities after securing bail on each occasion.
In 2021, police said, Pankaj allegedly brought his son Rohit into the trade, after which the father-son duo expanded operations together. They face 14 criminal cases between them — 10 against Pankaj and four against Rohit — registered in Bareilly, Rampur, Moradabad, Shahjahanpur, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh under the NDPS Act , Gangster Act, Arms Act and fraud-related provisions.
Police said Pankaj, a resident of Guldiya village in Mirganj area of Bareilly district, had been involved in smack trafficking since 1999 and allegedly built an interstate narcotics network across Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh. Officials said he had been arrested several times and served jail terms but allegedly resumed illegal activities after securing bail on each occasion.
In 2021, police said, Pankaj allegedly brought his son Rohit into the trade, after which the father-son duo expanded operations together. They face 14 criminal cases between them — 10 against Pankaj and four against Rohit — registered in Bareilly, Rampur, Moradabad, Shahjahanpur, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh under the NDPS Act , Gangster Act, Arms Act and fraud-related provisions.
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