Mohali, March 7 -- A special NIA court in Mohali has denied regular bail to Rajender Singh alias Randeep Singh, a 33-year-old resident of Amritsar, in a case involving alleged heroin trafficking and terror-funding links. The accused was nominated and arrested five years ago during the course of an investigation into heroin seized from three of his associates. His name cropped up after the Amritsar police team stopped his Hyundai Verna car at a checkpoint and recovered 400 gm of heroin from Jajbir Singh Samra, 90 gm from Harpreet Singh alias Happy and 10gm from Varinder Singh Chahal. The bail plea of the three accused is pending before court. Police also seized Rs.1.2 lakh in cash and digital material. The investigation was later transferred to the State Special Operation Cell and subsequently handed over to the NIA in January 2020, and Rajender Singh was arrested, as it was alleged that he was a close associate of the main accused, Samra. Investigators claimed Rajender Singh purchased several consignments of heroin and distributed them through a local network....