Congress denies links to ‘kingpin’ of Rs 5,000-crore drug bust in Delhi

The Congress has denied any links with Tushar Goyal, the alleged kingpin behind Delhi’s biggest drug bust.
Tushar Goyal, the main accused, was arrested following the recovery of more than 500 kg of cocaine and 40 kg of hydroponic marijuana worth over Rs 5,600 crore in a raid conducted in south Delhi on Wednesday.
On Thursday, through a post on X, the Youth Congress took a dig at the BJP, asking it to “Stop misleading the country on the basis of lies and deception”.
“Stop misleading the country on the basis of lies and deception, because this is a crime under the law and @IYCLegalCell will soon give a legal answer to it”, the Youth Congress post on X said.
The Youth Congress’s denial came after the BJP alleged a link between Goyal and the grand old party.
“Drugs worth Rs 5,600 crore have been recovered from Delhi. The main accused in this case is Tushar Goyal, who is the chief of the RTI cell of the Indian Youth Congress. This means that it is becoming clear that till now only goods of hatred were visible in Rahul Gandhi’s shop of love, but now drugs are also being found. What is the connection of Congress with the drugs recovered and the accused? – Dr. @SudhanshuTrived”, the BJP had posted on X.
However, the Youth Congress further accused the saffron party of “hiding certain facts”. Its post on X went on to add, “Criminal Tushar Goyal was removed from the Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress RTI department in October 2022 itself due to anti-party activities. After 17 October 2022, the said Tushar Goyal has never been associated with the Youth Congress organisation in any capacity”.
The party cited the information released in the media quoting Delhi Police, saying “Tushar Goyal himself has admitted that he was never associated with the Youth Congress after 2021-22, which makes it clear that BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi and BJP IT CELL, through a press conference, while hiding the facts, described him as a current office bearer of the Youth Congress, which is clearly a frustrated attempt to tarnish the image of the Indian Youth Congress organisation, against which we are bound to take legal action”.
While showing the so-called pictures of the said criminal with our leaders, you people deliberately hid the pictures of Tushar Goyal with BJP leaders, which makes it clear that this entire story was fabricated in view of the Haryana elections, the Youth Congress contended.
Pointing out that the Delhi Police is under the Central government, the party urged it to give the harshest punishment to “the criminal” and do not run this fake campaign based on selective and incorrect facts. “Because our organisation never defends criminals like rapist Brij Bhushan like you people”, the Congress added.
Earlier, a major controversy erupted after Goyal, 40, reportedly admitted during questioning that he previously served as the chairman of the RTI cell for Delhi Pradesh Congress until 2022. Investigators also discovered that Goyal had a social media profile where he listed his title as RTI Cell Chairman, Delhi Pradesh Congress.
Goyal, who used the alias “Dikki Goyal” on social media, posted photos with several prominent Congress leaders, including Lok Sabha MP Deepender Singh Hooda and Haryana unit chief Uday Bhan.

Tushar Goyal with Congress Lok Sabha MP Deepender Singh Hooda and Haryana unit chief Uday Bhan. (Dikki Goyal/Facebook)

Additionally, he was pictured with Haryana BJP leader Anil Jain, and former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad before the latter’s resignation from the party.

Tushar Goyal also appeared in a photo with Haryana BJP leader Anil Jain. (Dikki Goyal/Facebook)

Accused Tushar Goyal pictured with former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad. (Dikki Goyal/Facebook)

Goyal was arrested alongside three others—Himanshu Kumar, Aurangzeb Siddiqui, both from Delhi, and Bharat Kumar Jain—in connection with the massive drug seizure.
According to police, the cocaine was smuggled into Delhi by road from various states while the marijuana originated from Phuket, Thailand. The accused allegedly used cryptocurrency to evade detection by law enforcement agencies.
Sources close to the investigation hinted at the involvement of a prominent Dubai-based businessman behind the cocaine shipment, which investigators believe was being supplied to high-profile parties in the capital.
“The kingpin of the drug cartel has been running his operations in India from a West Asian country,” a senior Delhi Police officer said, adding that efforts are on to track down and arrest all suspects involved in the drug syndicate.
The case has been registered under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, and investigations are on into the broader network behind the record-setting drug bust.