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NIA raids 32 locations to crackdown on Babbar Khalsa International, seizes illegal arms and ‘incriminating’ documents | India News
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NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency — in a fresh, multi-state crackdown against the banned outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), Lawrence Bishnoi crime syndicate and other terrorist organisations/criminal gangs — raided 32 locations on Thursday, seizing illegal arms and ammunition, cash and ‘incriminating’ documents.
The crackdown covered raids at 16 locations in a case relating to the activities of BKI chief and members, seven locations linked to a case registered against the organised criminal gang run on the directions of Bishnoi and his Canada-based associate Goldy Brar, and nine in a third case relating to terror and criminal conspiracies hatched by proscribed terrorist organizations and criminal gangs based in India and abroad. The 32 locations searched on Thursday span five states — Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, UP and Delhi — as well as Union territory of Chandigarh.
The seizures made by the NIA teams during the searches included two pistols, two magazines and ammunition, cash amounting to Rs 4.6 lakh, documents and digital devices.
The three cases in which the raids were carried out on Thursday relate to illegal/unlawful activities of BKI, Bishnoi syndicate and others including smuggling and induction of terrorist hardware such as arms & ammunition, explosives, IEDs etc., across the borders. “The terror hardware is being used by operatives/members of terror outfits and organized criminal syndicates for carrying out bomb explosions, targeted killings, extortions, terror funding of terror outfits, etc. in various parts of the country,” NIA said in a statement.
The first case relating to BKI, in which 16 locations were searched, was registered in July 2023 and has identified Harwinder Singh alias Rinda and Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias Landa as the key conspirators involved in hatching terror conspiracies as well as smuggling of arms and ammunition into Punjab. They have also been sending funds to their associates through various MTSS Channels for carrying out terrorist acts, as per NIA investigations.
A total of seven locations were raided in the case against the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. The syndicate has spread its mafia-style criminal networks in several states of the country, as well as abroad, in active conspiracy with Harwinder Singh alias Rinda, a ‘designated individual terrorist’, said NIA. These networks have been involved in many sensational crimes such as the murders of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala as well as religious and social leaders like Pardeep Kumar, besides large-scale extortions from businessmen and professionals, it added.
The third case in which nine raids were conducted relates to various proscribed terrorist organizations and criminal gangs based in India and abroad, which have been involved in hatching terror & criminal conspiracies in various parts of the country.
The latest searches, an NIA spokesperson said, were part of the agency’s sustained crackdown on terrorist outfits and individual terrorists engaged in carrying out criminal/terrorist activities in India, as well as their support networks.
The crackdown covered raids at 16 locations in a case relating to the activities of BKI chief and members, seven locations linked to a case registered against the organised criminal gang run on the directions of Bishnoi and his Canada-based associate Goldy Brar, and nine in a third case relating to terror and criminal conspiracies hatched by proscribed terrorist organizations and criminal gangs based in India and abroad. The 32 locations searched on Thursday span five states — Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, UP and Delhi — as well as Union territory of Chandigarh.
The seizures made by the NIA teams during the searches included two pistols, two magazines and ammunition, cash amounting to Rs 4.6 lakh, documents and digital devices.
The three cases in which the raids were carried out on Thursday relate to illegal/unlawful activities of BKI, Bishnoi syndicate and others including smuggling and induction of terrorist hardware such as arms & ammunition, explosives, IEDs etc., across the borders. “The terror hardware is being used by operatives/members of terror outfits and organized criminal syndicates for carrying out bomb explosions, targeted killings, extortions, terror funding of terror outfits, etc. in various parts of the country,” NIA said in a statement.
The first case relating to BKI, in which 16 locations were searched, was registered in July 2023 and has identified Harwinder Singh alias Rinda and Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias Landa as the key conspirators involved in hatching terror conspiracies as well as smuggling of arms and ammunition into Punjab. They have also been sending funds to their associates through various MTSS Channels for carrying out terrorist acts, as per NIA investigations.
A total of seven locations were raided in the case against the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. The syndicate has spread its mafia-style criminal networks in several states of the country, as well as abroad, in active conspiracy with Harwinder Singh alias Rinda, a ‘designated individual terrorist’, said NIA. These networks have been involved in many sensational crimes such as the murders of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala as well as religious and social leaders like Pardeep Kumar, besides large-scale extortions from businessmen and professionals, it added.
The third case in which nine raids were conducted relates to various proscribed terrorist organizations and criminal gangs based in India and abroad, which have been involved in hatching terror & criminal conspiracies in various parts of the country.
The latest searches, an NIA spokesperson said, were part of the agency’s sustained crackdown on terrorist outfits and individual terrorists engaged in carrying out criminal/terrorist activities in India, as well as their support networks.
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