JALANDHAR, Oct. 30 -- The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has taken a retired assistant inspector general of police (AIG) Rachhpal Singh into its custody for three days after he was arrested for framing a youth in a 2019 drug case. This is the second such case in which accused Rachhpal allegedly misused his rank and power as earlier, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed a chargesheet against him in a 2017 drug case for fraudulently arresting four people in Amritsar. ANTF AIG Jalandhar range Jagjit Singh Saroya said it is a separate case in which the special task force (STF) had arrested Amarinderpal Singh of Marhi Tanda village in Gurdaspur district and claimed to have recovered 200g of heroin. "The FIR related to it was registered on February 11, 2019, at Amritsar's civil lines police station under the NDPS Act on the complaint of then inspector Parveen Kumar," the investigation officer said. According to the FIR, Amarinderpal was picked up by the team of STF border range from Amritsar district complex on the suspicion of supplying drugs. Later, his family approached senior police officials, terming the arrest and recovery of drugs fabricated. A special investigation team was constituted to probe the matter. "During investigation, it was found that Rachhpal Singh along with his team had fabricated evidence to frame Amarinderpal. We have arrested inspector Amar Pratap Singh, who was then STF investigation officer and Praveen Kumar, a retired inspector. The SIT had apprehended Dalvir Singh of Saidpur village and Dalbir Singh of Sathiala village, who had personal enmity with Amarinderpal and his family, and booked him in the false case to settle scores," Saroya said. Rachhpal has worked closely in the STF, and was considered close to special DGP Harpreet Sidhu....