{
  "id": 11622898,
  "title": "'Ripping Apart Veil After Veil': Union Home Minister Amit Shah Says Narco Kingpin Navpreet Singh Deported From Türkiye, Brought Back To India",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/ripping-apart-veil-after-veil-union-home-minister-amit-shah-says",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T06:07:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/ripping-apart-veil-after-veil-union-home-minister-amit-shah-says-narco-kingpin-navpreet-singh-deported-from-trkiye-brought-back-to-india"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Saturday that hardened narco-trafficking kingpin Navpreet Singh has been deported from Türkiye and returned to India. The Ministry of Home Affairs reported the successful deportation of the fugitive. Navpreet Singh had been smuggling heroin and methamphetamine from Afghanistan to India under the alias Navab Virk after obtaining Turkish citizenship.\n\nShah hailed the deportation as a \"historic milestone\" of the Modi government, stating that the agency had peeled away layer after layer to expose his true identity and secure his return to India. Singh is now facing charges related to drug trafficking and other crimes. The Modi government is dedicated to dismantling all narco-cartels before December 2029, Shah added.",
  "summary": "New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said hardened narco-trafficking kingpin Navpreet Singh has been deported from Turkiye. India secures deportation of hardened narco-trafficking kingpin Navpreet Singh from Türkiye, says Ministry of Home Affairs. Obtaining Turkish citizenship under the fake identity of Navab Virk, he had continued to smuggle heroin and methamphetamine to India…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurates Exhibition On New Criminal Laws In Bhopal, Approves ₹101 Crore To Gaushalas | VIDEO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/union-home-minister-amit-shah-inaugurates-exhibition-on-new-criminal",
        "published": "2026-10-03T07:33:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}