Delhi police invokes rarely used law to keep drug kingpin in jail
Sharafat Sheikh has been in jail since July last year, when he was arrested by the crime branch team in connection with the recovery of three kilograms of heroin, trafficked allegedly on his behest into Delhi from Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh.
In a first, Delhi Police on Sunday said they invoked provisions of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PITNDPS) Act against alleged drug lord Sharafat Sheikh and secured permission to keep him in preventive detention for one year.
