IP University grad, from business family: Who is the man ‘behind’ Rs 5,000-crore drug racket

Police accidental helium graduated from Indraprastha University successful 2003 and joined the household business. “However, helium ne'er really came to the bureau and was usually recovered socialising successful clubs,” a constabulary serviceman says.

According to police, helium and his father, Subhash Goel, had a falling retired implicit his marriage. According to constabulary sources, Goel yet joined and moved to Rajouri Garden. “He started moving arsenic a liaisoning cause to marque his ain income… He took hefty commissions and earned well,” a constabulary serviceman says.

However, constabulary claim, Tushar began frequenting clubs again. “That’s however helium came successful interaction with members of a Dubai-based cause cartel,” a constabulary root claims. According to police, by 2018, Tushar had allegedly already established his squad of associates — Himanshu Kumar (27) and Auranzeb Siddiqui (23) — successful Delhi to assistance him successful the cause business.

In 2017, Auranzeb started moving arsenic Tushar’s driver, constabulary say. “Eventually, helium became progressive successful his amerciable activities,” a constabulary serviceman says. Himanshu, a nonmigratory of Suleiman Nagar successful Delhi, started moving arsenic a bouncer and idiosyncratic bodyguard successful 2014. By 2018, helium was besides moving arsenic Tushar’s bodyguard. “They were successful interaction with Jitender aka Jassi, a UK-based cartel subordinate who oversaw the India operations and gave instructions to Tushar,” the serviceman says.

In August this year, constabulary got a tip-off that the lad of a salient publishing location proprietor would beryllium progressive successful distributing cocaine supplied by a Dubai-based cartel during the festive season. “We’d been monitoring him (Tushar) for the past 2 months… helium was taking godowns connected lease — successful Ghaziabad and Mahipalpur,” a constabulary root claims.

The godowns, allegedly, were to beryllium storehouses for the astir Rs 5,000 crore cocaine and marijuana consignment. According to police, the consignment initially came to the Ghaziabad godown and past to Mahipalpur. It is done these the Special Cell traced him.

Police accidental the probe besides revealed Tushar was portion of the Youth Congress. His purported assignment missive of March 24, 2022, showed helium was caput of the Delhi Youth Congress’ RTI cell.

The Congress though, refutes immoderate contiguous links with Tushar. “He was regularly seen with BJP leaders and wasn’t progressive arsenic a younker Congress member. He was besides progressive successful anti-party activities. Hence, helium was suspended,” a root from the Delhi Congress says, citing Tushar’s expulsion missive from October 2022.

Several photos of Tushar besides surfaced with BJP leaders. The party, however, says helium was not associated with it successful immoderate capacity.

Police sources said this is the archetypal recorded lawsuit against Tushar. “We are probing arsenic to however agelong helium was facilitating cause organisation successful Delhi,” a root says.

Tushar’s India handler, Jassi, was arrested connected October 3 portion trying to fly to London from Amritsar. “He had cocaine worthy astir 10 crore successful his achromatic Fortuner and was going to administer it crossed Punjab. He was going to travel to Delhi and spell to London connected October 12. Learning of Tushar’s arrest, helium near the car successful Amritsar and tried to fly from the airport,” a constabulary serviceman says.

On Saturday, astatine Jassi’s instance, the Fortuner was seized from Amritsar, on with the cocaine, constabulary say.