Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ruled out an inquiry against the state Director General of Police (DGP) and DGP (intelligence) over allegations of shielding the Moga district’s former senior superintendent of police (SSP) Raj Jit Singh in a drug case.

The Punjab government had on Monday transferred Moga SSP Raj Jit Singh Hundal whose name had cropped up in a drug case involving dismissed Punjab Police inspector Inderjit Singh. This was after the Punjab and Haryana high court had last year ordered the setting up of the SIT led by DGP Sidhharth Chattopadhyay to probe the role of Raj Jit Singh in the drug trafficking case and had ordered dismissal of inspector Inderjit in the case.

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In his report, Chattopadhyaya had claimed in the court on April 6 that while probing Rajjit’s role, he has got “serious pointers” about involvement of DGPs Arora and Gupta. On the Aam Aadmi Party’s demand for inquiry into allegations against DGP Suresh Arora and DGP (Intelligence) Dinkar Gupta, the CM, however, described them as upright officers in whose honesty he had full faith.

The CM made these statements in response to concerns expressed by an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) delegation which met him here to demand S stringent steps to check drug menace and break drug-police nexus in the state, particularly in the context of the recent spate of drug-related deaths.

Sharing the Opposition party’s concern over the problem, Amarinder said three big drug dealers who had fled India had been identified, and the police and other agencies were in pursuit of them. Assuring the AAP delegation that no laxity would be tolerated in curbing the drugs menace, the CM said strict action would be taken against anyone found involved in the drugs trade.

The AAP leaders, who demanded a special Assembly session to discuss the issue, expressed concern over the easy availability of drugs in certain areas, as well as reports of sharing of drug money with police.

On the issue of drug-related deaths, the delegation said they suspected intravenous injection of some concoctions by the addicts. Sangrur’s member of Parliament (MP) Bhagwant Mann said the addicts could go to any extent to curb withdrawal symptoms.

Besides Khaira and Mann, the delegation comprised AAP Punjab co-president Dr Balbir Singh, and nine party MLAs.