The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested an associate of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in connection with the ongoing probe into a terrorist-gangster-drug smuggler network.
The arrested accused, Yudhvir Singh alias 'Sadhu', a resident of Fatehabad area of Haryana, was wanted in the case, said an NIA spokesperson.
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According to the NIA, Yudhvir allegedly smuggled weapons from across the border in Pakistan for use by gangsters and criminals in various parts of India. On the directions of Lawrence Bishnoi and the other syndicate members, he also used to harbour associates of criminal gang members and accused persons tasked with committing various crimes, including murder and extortion.
The conspiracy
The accused has been arrested in a case in which the NIA had earlier chargesheeted 14 accused on March 24 under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. It is alleged that a conspiracy was hatched by the members of criminal gangs based in India and abroad, to raise funds and recruit the youth to carry out terrorist acts in Delhi and other parts of the country.
The NIA probe has so far revealed that the conspiracies were being hatched in jails of different States and executed by an organised network of operatives based abroad.
On Friday, the agency had arrested two wanted persons who are close associates of Canada-based “individual designated terrorist” Arshdeep Singh Dhalla of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), soon after they arrived at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport from Manila in Philippines, where they had been staying.
The accused, identified as Amritpal Singh aka Ammy and Amritk Singh, belong to Punjab. They were allegedly part of a conspiracy to raise funds for the KTF and also smuggle arms, ammunition and explosives from Pakistan. The duo used to identify extortion targets, including businessmen, and then threaten them into paying up huge amounts, said the agency.
