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NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday attached five properties owned by organised crime syndicates in Haryana and Delhi, in cases relating to the nexus among terrorists, gangsters and narcotics smugglers.
The attachment of four properties in Haryana and one in Delhi comes in the wake of the recent searches conducted at 76 locations linked with gangsters and their associates in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi-NCR.
The properties attached were found to be ‘proceeds of terrorism’ and were used for hatching terror conspiracies and execution of crimes, said NIA. The properties include a house of one Asif Khan in Delhi, a house and agricultural land in 3 different locations belonging to Surender Singh @Chiku in Mahendragarh District of Haryana.
Asif Khan was allegedly providing weapons and logistics support to the gangsters, which included a safe haven. Surender @ Chiku is a close associate of Naresh Sethi, Anil Chippi and Raju Basodi, notorious mafia leaders, who were earlier arrested by the NIA. He had been involved in multiple criminal cases of murder, kidnapping and extortion. Surender has been instrumental in investing the ‘proceeds of terror’ and crime in real estate and other businesses.
NIA on Saturday said the drive to disrupt and dismantle such terror and mafia networks and their support infrastructure and to attach and seize their properties derived from ‘proceeds of terrorism and crime’ would be intensified in the coming days, in coordination with the police forces of various states.
The NIA had registered cases against three major organised crime syndicates under UAPA in August 2022. According to the Central investigation agency, the syndicates had spread their mafia-style criminal networks in the northern states and were involved in many sensational crimes such as the murder of popular singer Sidhu Moosewala and large-scale extortions from businessmen and professionals. Their crimes included killing of Maharashtra builder Sanjay Biyani and international level Kabbadi organiser in Punjab Sandeep Nangal Ambia. Many of these conspiracies were found to have been masterminded from abroad, including Pakistan and Canada, or by jailed leaders of organised crime syndicates.
The attachment of four properties in Haryana and one in Delhi comes in the wake of the recent searches conducted at 76 locations linked with gangsters and their associates in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi-NCR.
The properties attached were found to be ‘proceeds of terrorism’ and were used for hatching terror conspiracies and execution of crimes, said NIA. The properties include a house of one Asif Khan in Delhi, a house and agricultural land in 3 different locations belonging to Surender Singh @Chiku in Mahendragarh District of Haryana.
Asif Khan was allegedly providing weapons and logistics support to the gangsters, which included a safe haven. Surender @ Chiku is a close associate of Naresh Sethi, Anil Chippi and Raju Basodi, notorious mafia leaders, who were earlier arrested by the NIA. He had been involved in multiple criminal cases of murder, kidnapping and extortion. Surender has been instrumental in investing the ‘proceeds of terror’ and crime in real estate and other businesses.
NIA on Saturday said the drive to disrupt and dismantle such terror and mafia networks and their support infrastructure and to attach and seize their properties derived from ‘proceeds of terrorism and crime’ would be intensified in the coming days, in coordination with the police forces of various states.
The NIA had registered cases against three major organised crime syndicates under UAPA in August 2022. According to the Central investigation agency, the syndicates had spread their mafia-style criminal networks in the northern states and were involved in many sensational crimes such as the murder of popular singer Sidhu Moosewala and large-scale extortions from businessmen and professionals. Their crimes included killing of Maharashtra builder Sanjay Biyani and international level Kabbadi organiser in Punjab Sandeep Nangal Ambia. Many of these conspiracies were found to have been masterminded from abroad, including Pakistan and Canada, or by jailed leaders of organised crime syndicates.
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