Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday hailed the deportation of alleged narco-trafficking kingpin Navpreet Singh from Turkiye to India. Shah said Indian agencies tracked Singh down after he took Turkish citizenship under the fake identity “Navab Virk.”Singh, 34, from Punjab, allegedly smuggled heroin and methamphetamine from Afghanistan into India. He is now in custody in drug trafficking cases.Shah said 288 fugitives from 36 countries have been brought back to India between 2019 and August 2026.

He credited a three-pronged strategy of global outreach, strong coordination and smart diplomacy.The government says the NIA and UAPA amendments of 2019 expanded action against individual terrorists and funding networks abroad. BHARATPOL, launched in January 2025, links over 1,400 police units to Interpol channels.Shah said the Modi government was committed to destroying every narco-cartel before December 2029. Officials said Singh’s cousin Prabhdeep Singh, who ran his India operations, was extradited from Azerbaijan in May in a case involving 358 kg of heroin.