NEW DELHI, Nov 19:
Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and wanted in several sensational cases, was arrested by the NIA upon his deportation from the US on Wednesday in a case related to nexus between criminal gangs and terror groups.
Immediately upon landing here along with 200 deportees from the United States, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) placed Anmol, a proclaimed offender and carrying a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh, under arrest.
After completing the formalities, Anmol, against whom the NIA had filed a chargesheet in 2023, was taken for medical examination and later to the designated court at Patiala House.
Surrounded by heavy security, including Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel, Anmol was produced before Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma around 5 pm and the proceedings were held in-camera.
The court after hearing both sides remanded Anmol to the custody of the federal agency for an 11-day period.
Talking to reporters after the court proceedings, Special Public Prosecutor Rahul Tyagi said that he would be produced again before the court on November 29.
“Eleven days of remand has been given. He has to be produced again on the 29th of November. He is a very important member of the terror-gangster syndicate,” Tyagi said, and asserted that his questioning may help in unearthing what activities he has been undertaking. He said the probe is focused on Anmol’s escape and his alleged extremist ties.
To a question whether the role of Khalistani elements was being investigated, Tyagi said “Yes, that is the basic chargesheet. He is an absconder. He was part of the BKI and the gangster syndicate. That is why he has been arrested.”
Anmol, absconding since 2022, is wanted in connection with other major crimes, including the killing of NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique in October 2024, firing incident outside actor Salman Khan’s residence in April 2024 and murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in 2022.
In its 12-page order, the court said that the NIA has moved an application saying that Anmol was part of a conspiracy hatched by members of a criminal syndicate based in India and abroad with banned Babbar Khalsa International terror group and its operatives for raising funds and recruitment of youth for carrying out terror activities in the national capital and other parts of the country.
The NIA alleged that Anmol was part of the syndicate which was involved in executing and planning to execute a heinous crime. (PTI)
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