Guwahati, March 23: Notorious gangster and drug smuggler Jaggu Bhagwanpuria was shifted from the high-security Bathinda Central Jail to Assam’s Silchar Jail on Sunday.

Following the high-profile transfer of pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh and his associate to Dibrugarh Jail, Bhagwanpuria has now been relocated to Silchar.

Bhagwanpuria was detained by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act and was initially lodged in Bathinda Central Jail. Reports indicate that he is one of the key accused in the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala.

On Saturday, a joint team of the NCB and Punjab Police escorted Bhagwanpuria to Chandigarh, from where he was flown to Assam via Delhi and Kolkata. A four-member NCB team oversaw the transfer, and he was lodged in Silchar Jail on Sunday morning.

According to reports, in August last year, the NCB detained three other alleged drug lords from Punjab under the same law—Akshay Chhabra, Jaspal Singh (alias Goldy), and Balwinder Singh (alias Billa Havelian). They were transferred to Dibrugarh Jail in Assam.

At the time of their detention, Chhabra and Goldy were already in Punjab jails on drug-related charges. Billa Havelian, however, was arrested from Gurdaspur in a joint operation by the NCB and Punjab Police before being sent to Assam.

Sources said Bhagwanpuria was a dreaded criminal who extorted money from businessmen and traders in Punjab.

“During the last Assembly elections in Punjab, he threatened many people. His main business is extortion, and he managed to make money through it,” a source said.

Born Jagdeep Singh in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, Bhagwanpuria is widely known for his deep involvement in organized crime, including drug trafficking, extortion, and murder. A significant figure in the criminal underworld since the early 2000s, he has earned a reputation for ruthless tactics and maintaining influence despite repeated encounters with law enforcement.

“Most of the criminals from Punjab were shifted to Assam jails due to the language barrier. Since they don’t understand the local language, it becomes difficult for them to communicate and plot anything. The transfer of criminals from Punjab began with the high-profile case of pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh,” a source added.

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