Terrorist-gangster nexus: NIA chargesheets Lawrence Bishnoi, others in case

The National Investigation Agency NIA on Friday filed a chargesheet against notorious gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar and 12 others having links with the proscribed Babbar Khalsa International BKI and several other proKhalistani terrorist outfits in the second of the three terrorgangster nexus casesAll the 14 accused have been charged with criminal conspiracy to unleash a wave of terror and carry out targeted killings of wellknown social and religious leaders movie stars singers and businessmen said the NIABesides having links with conspirators in Pakistan the accused were also in contact with proKhalistani elements based in Canada Nepal and other countries NIA investigations have revealedBishnoi in custody since 2015 has been operating his terrorcrime Syndicate from Jails in different States along with Canada based Goldy Brar who is an accused in the killing of Pradeep Kumar a Dera Sacha Sauda follower in Faridkot in November 2022 said the NIABishnoi terrorcrimeextortion syndicate was also responsible for providing killers for the RocketPropelled Grenade RPG attack case on Punjab State Intelligence headquarters at Mohali which was carried out on directions of Harwinder Singh alias Rinda a Pakistanbased BKI terrorist the NIA investigations have revealedThe antiterror agency said Brar was found to have direct links with Lakhbir Singh alias Landa another BKI operative working closely with RindaAlso Read Mumbai Police issues preventive orders till April 8 check list of exemptionsLanda is also an accused in the Mohali RPG attack as well as the December 2022 RPG attack on police station Sirhali in Tarn Taran Punjab said the NIA adding Investigations against Landa and three others are continuingNIA has seized a huge cache of nine illegal and sophisticated weapons 14 magazines 298 rounds of ammunition and 183 digital devices and other incriminating material in raids across 74 locations in Punjab Haryana Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan Gujarat Chandigarh and Delhi in the caseThe investigating agency had conducted largescale searches over a period of six months and examined around 70 members of different Organised Crime Support networks during the course of its investigationsSeven Look Out Circulars and five Non Bailable Warrants have so far been issued in the case by the NIA which has also attached and seized seven immovable properties under Section 25 Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and frozen 62 bank accountsThe agency said the investigations further led the NIA to the hideouts set up across Haryana and Punjab which were being used to harbour the gangsters and store weaponsBesides Bishnoi and Brar other chargesheeted accused have been identified as Jagdeep Singh Sachin Thapan Anmol Bishnoi Vikramjeet Singh Sandeep Jhanjariya Virender Pratap Singh Joginder Singh Rajesh Kumar Raj Kumar Anil Naresh Yadav and Shahbaaz AnsariEarlier on March 21 the NIA had filed its first chargesheet against 12 accused in the terrorgangster nexus cases under investigation The accused in that case were identified as Arsh Dala Gaurav Patyal Sukhpreet Buddha Kaushal Choudhary Amit Dagar Naveen Bali Chhotu Bhat Asif Khan Jagga Takhatmal Tillu Tajpuria Bhupi Rana and Sandeep BandarTodays action takes the total number of accused chargesheeted by the NIA so far in these cases to 26This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever