NIA raids 70 locations across nation in connection with Bishnoi, Bawana & other gangsters

The raids were conducted in Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh

February 21, 2023

NIA’s big action on gangsters, simultaneous raids at multiple places

On Tuesday the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was conducting raids across the nation at more than 70 locations belonging to gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi, Neeraj Bawana, and their aides. The raids started early Tuesday morning and are currently going on.

The raids were conducted in Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Chandigarh, and Uttar Pradesh.

Lawrence Bishnoi was placed under arrest by the NIA on November 24, 2022, in connection with a case related to the conspiracy hatched by terrorists, gangsters, and drug smugglers’ syndicates to create terror among the public. His arrest was made when he was lodged in the Bhatinda Jail.

Bishnoi, his brothers Sachin and Anmol Bishnoi, and associates, including Goldy Brar, Kala Jathedi, Kala Rana, Bikram Brar, and Sampat Nehra were also raising funds to carry out all such terror/ criminal activities through smuggling of drugs and weapons and widespread extortions.

The case pertains to the conspiracy hatched by the members of a criminal syndicate based in India and abroad, to raise funds, recruit youth to carry out terrorist acts in Delhi and other parts of the country to execute spectacular heinous crimes, including targeted killings of prominent persons, to strike terror in the minds of the people of the country.

The case was initially registered at the police station Special Cell, Delhi Police on August 4, 2022, and later on, the probe of the matter was taken over by the NIA.

“We have learned that the terrorist-gangster-drug smuggler’s syndicate led by Bishnoi was involved in many targeted killings and extortion from businessmen, professionals, including doctors.

This created a widespread scare and terror among the public at large. All such criminal acts were not isolated local incidents but part of a deep-rooted conspiracy amongst the terrorists, gangsters, drug smuggling cartels and networks, operating from both within and outside the country,” the NIA had earlier said.

The NIA found that most of the conspiracies were hatched from inside the jail by Bishnoi and were executed by an organized network of operatives based in India and abroad. Pertinently, the arrested gangster is involved and wanted in many cases, including the conspiracy to carry out targeted and sensational killings in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Delhi for more than a decade.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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