Hoshiarpur: The Hoshiarpur Police have arrested Harbhajan Singh, the Deputy Superintendent of Hoshiarpur Central Jail, following a detailed investigation into severe corruption and drug trafficking allegations made by an inmate. The high-profile arrest was executed late on Saturday night, triggering major shockwaves through the Punjab prison administration and raising urgent security concerns.
The decisive police action comes shortly after a jailed gangster, Manpreet Singh alias Manna, allegedly managed to film and release a video from inside the prison walls accusing the high-ranking official of running illicit operations. In the viral video message, Manna explicitly claimed that the Deputy Superintendent routinely forced him to distribute narcotics to other inmates behind bars and actively facilitated various other unlawful activities. Following the widespread circulation of the video on social media, the district police immediately initiated a comprehensive investigation to verify the inmate’s claims.
According to senior police sources, the preliminary evidence gathered by investigators over the past few days sufficiently substantiated the extortion and drug supply allegations, leading to the immediate late-night detention of the prison official. A rigorous follow-up investigation remains actively underway, with detectives currently expanding their probe to determine whether other senior prison personnel, local staff, or outside accomplices were involved in the sophisticated illegal network operating inside the correctional facility.
