Boxer Vijender Quizzed; Refuses Blood, Hair Samples
Chandigarh: International boxer and Olympics bronze medallist Vijender Singh refused to give his blood and hair samples to investigators even as a Punjab Police team questioned him for nearly four hours in the seizure of a huge quantity of heroin in the state last week.
A Punjab Police spokesman said "As per the procedure, in the presence of two private witnesses, he (Vijender) was asked for his consent for giving his blood and hair samples required for forensic examination for investigation purpose, which he refused."
Vijender, who is a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) in the Haryana Police, was questioned by the Punjab Police team at a police establishment in Panchkula town. The questioning took place in the presence of Haryana's Superintendent of Police (Crime) Hardeep Singh Doon.
Police sources said that two Punjab Police officers, including a DSP and an inspector, questioned the boxer at the Haryana Police lines near Panchkula town from 5 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
"The Punjab Police tied up with Haryana Police for questioning of Vijender Singh. The team questioned him regarding the drug case registered last week," the Punjab Police spokesman said.
The Fatehgarh Sahib district police had recovered 26 kg heroin, worth 
130 crore in the international market, from the possession of Canada-based drugs dealer Anoop Singh Kahlon and had arrested him Thursday. The drug haul was made from Kahlon's flat in Zirakpur, near Chandigarh and his car.
