Actor in anti-drug STF report denies wrongdoing

Punjabi actor Hobby Dhaliwal, whose identify figures in a report by Punjab Police’s Special Task Force, has admitted that an IPS officer, going through severe allegations, had first met drug smuggler Gurdeep Singh in his data round 15 years in the past.
The anti-drug Special Task Force had arrested 4 individuals, together with Gurdeep singh, a former sarpanch of village Rano in Ludhiana, and had recovered 5.39 kg heroin together with Rs 21 lakh ‘drug money’ in November 2020.
The Indian Express reported Monday that the STF is awaiting additional motion from the workplaces of Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta and chief principal secretary towards police officers, politicians and civilians whose names determine within the report.
Dhaliwal, nonetheless, declined the allegations of land grabbing and any affiliation with drug smuggling racket that was being run by Gurdeep Singh.
STF report claims that Dhaliwal launched Gurdeep Singh with the IPS officer, who was then posted in Ludhiana vary. The IPS officer attended, as a chief visitor, a Kabbadi event organized by Gurdeep Singh. Also, Gurdeep Singh would attend the Kabbadi cup organised by the IPS officer. The drug smuggler used to bear the bills as requested by IPS officer for such features.
“It is true that the IPS officer met Gurdeep Singh in my presence during a Kabbadi tournament around 15 years back. I was friends with both. We three met during a function a couple of months before Gurdeep Singh was arrested. Pictures of that meeting are in public domain. But I was never aware about any drug smuggling racket being run by Gurdeeep Singh. In fact, he cheated me in a land deal,” stated Dhaliwal.
STF report accuses Dhaliwal for grabbing a land together with Gurdeep Singh and the IPS officer in Ludhiana.
The report says, “Gurdeep Singh took possession of four Kanal land on the backside of Appolo hospital in Ludhiana along with movies’ artist and Hardeep Singh Deepa. IPS had then made a phone call to a concerned police officer in Ludhiana and no one came to stop them and they constructed wall over four kanal land. They still have possession of the land.”
On the allegations, Dhaliwal stated, “Gurdeep Singh tried to sell me a piece of land near the Appolo hospital. He had shown me the plot and told me that it was available at low price. I paid him Rs 6 lakh. Later I came to know that Gurdeep had given me fake papers of the plot. He cheated me. I later asked him to returned my money., which he did. Everything is on record.”
“I was interrogated by STF for eight hours. I provided them the evidence of transactions. I was not involved in any land grabbing attempt. I visited plot only once. It was never in my possession. STF didn’t summon me again,” claims Dhaliwal.