Tihar woman inmate to be shifted to Chennai prison to ‘dismantle’ narcotics links

A 25-year-old woman inmate accused of drug peddling will be transferred from Tihar to Chennai prison to dismantle her drug network, police say.

Published on: Apr 15, 2026, 05:02:03 IST

By Jignasa Sinha

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New Delhi: A 25-year-old woman inmate accused in multiple drug peddling cases and a POCSO case will be shifted to a Chennai prison from Tihar to “dismantle” her drug links and network, police said on Tuesday.

Police said the crime branch recently prepared a preventive detention proposal for the woman’s transfer due to her repeated involvement in drug trafficking. (Representative photo)

In Chennai, she will be shifted to Central Prison, Puzhal, under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (PITNDPS Act).

Rahool Alwal, DCP (crime), said the crime branch recently prepared a preventive detention proposal for the woman’s transfer due to her repeated involvement in drug trafficking. This proposal was sent to the PITNDPS division of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.

“Superintendent Tihar Jail received the direction to shift her to Chennai to break the narcotics supply chain,” the DCP said.

The accused, a resident of Delhi, is married and a mother of a three-year-old son. Her husband is also an accused in two cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), the officer said.

According to police, the woman began actively engaging in drug trafficking in 2021. She was first arrested in a Govindpuri drug-related case that year.

Police said she was released on bail, but again started drug trafficking and was arrested.

“Her name again surfaced during the interrogation of key accused persons in a Hazrat Nizamuddin NDPS case. Due to the recurring nature of her offences and the ineffectiveness of ordinary penal provisions in deterring her, the PITNDPS Act became necessary to prevent her further involvement in narcotics,” the DCP added.

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Jignasa Sinha
Jignasa Sinha is a Special Correspondent at Hindustan Times in New Delhi. With more than six years of reporting experience, she covers crime and policing in the national capital. Her beats also include Delhi prisons, the Delhi Fire Services and Delhi courts, while she regularly reports on gender, labour and social justice. Over the course of her career, Jignasa has reported on major criminal investigations, international crime syndicates, high-profile cyber fraud cases, law-and-order developments, protests, disasters and public institutions. Her reporting combines breaking news with in-depth, long form, human interest stories that examine the human impact of public policy, policing and the criminal justice system. In addition to reporting for the newspaper, she contributes to the Hindustan Times website and app, and plays an active role in coordinating on-ground coverage of major developments and breaking news across Delhi. Before joining Hindustan Times, Jignasa worked at The Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi, where she spent five years covering crime, Delhi airport, courts and health. She began her journalism career as an intern at an AI magazine in Bengaluru while pursuing her postgraduate diploma in multimedia journalism at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media.Read More

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