The key accused in the alleged smuggling of heroin and other narcotics worth ₹2,700 crore from Pakistan, who was lodged in Amritsar jail, died in judicial custody, a government spokesperson said on Sunday. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the death and asked the Additional District Magistrate, Himanshu Aggarwal, to conduct a detailed probe into the death of the accused Gurpinder Singh in hospital, said the spokesperson. Gurpinder Singh, a rock salt importer, was last month arrested by the customs department for allegedly smuggling suspected narcotics in a truck at the Attari border. “The magisterial enquiry will be in addition to the post mortem, which will be conducted by a high-level board of doctors, and the judicial proceedings under the CrPC to be conducted by a judicial magistrate,” said the spokesperson.

Source: The Hindu July 21, 2019 16:41 UTC