NIA’s large pan-India raids at 76 areas yield 11 pistols, revolvers and rifles

Express News Service

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday launched a “massive nation-wide raid at 76 locations in Punjab, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and the Delhi NCR region and seized 11 pistols, revolvers and rifles, along with ammunition. Apart from the above, “incriminating paperwork, digital units, money” and so on. have additionally been seized.

The raid was acknowledged to be a part of NIA’s ongoing operations to “break the financial backbone of the international terror networks that are operating in connivance with arm-suppliers, drugs traffickers and local gangsters in a bid to fuel unrest in India.”

NIA in its fifth spherical of operation carried out searches at 76 areas in Abohar, Bhatinda, Muktsar Sahib, Moga, Ludhiana, Mohali, Ferozepur, Tarn Taran, Ludhiana Districts of Punjab, Gurugram, Yamuna Nagar, Rohtak, Mahendragarh, Sirsa and Jhajjar districts of Haryana, Churu, Bharatpur and Alwar districts of Rajasthan, Bagpat, Bareilly, Pratapgarh, Bulandshaher and Pilibhit  districts of Uttar Pradesh and Dwarka, Outer North, Central and Outer North Districts of Delhi and NCR.

Searches have been carried out on the homes premises of famous criminals and gangsters together with Lakhvir Singh of Gidderbaha at Muktsar, Naresh at Abohar, Surender alias Cheeku of Narnaul in Haryana, Kaushal Choudhary and Amit Dagar of Gurugram and Sunil Rathi of Baghpat, UP. Raids have been additionally carried out on their Hawala operators, weapon suppliers, gun homes, enterprise frontmen, financiers and logistics associates., NIA sources mentioned.

NIA sources added that just a few of probably the most determined gang leaders and their associates based mostly in India and overseas, who’re spearheading and finishing up such terror and felony actions have been recognized and booked in 3 circumstances registered by the federal company in August, 2022.

According to NIA, the crackdown was triggered following latest crimes and extortion calls by felony syndicates and gangsters to businessmen, professionals, together with medical doctors and so on., had created a widespread scare among the many individuals. These gangs have been utilizing cyber-space to publicise these crimes to create terror among the many public at massive.

“Investigations revealed that such criminal acts were not isolated local incidents,” mentioned an NIA spokesperson.

“There is a deep-rooted conspiracy amongst terrorists, gangsters and drug smuggling cartels and networks, who were operating from both within and outside the country” mentioned an NIA spokesperson confirming the raids.

Many gang leaders and members had fled from India and have been now working from international nations, together with Pakistan, Canada, Malaysia, Australia and so on. Ongoing probes by the NIA in circumstances being investigated by the Agency, such because the killing of Sanjay Biyani in Maharashtra, Sandeep Nangal Ambia and so on. in Punjab additionally revealed that the majority of those conspiracies have been being hatched from inside Jails of various States and have been being executed by an organized community of operatives based mostly in overseas.

“Further investigations will continue to dismantle such terror networks as well as their funding and support infrastructure,” the spokesperson confirmed including that “preliminary investigations have revealed that these gangs were carrying out targeted killings and were also raising funds to carry out such criminal activities through smuggling of drugs, Hawala network and weapons.” 

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday launched a “massive nation-wide raid at 76 locations in Punjab, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and the Delhi NCR region and seized 11 pistols, revolvers and rifles, along with ammunition. Apart from the above, “incriminating paperwork, digital units, money” and so on. have additionally been seized.

The raid was acknowledged to be a part of NIA’s ongoing operations to “break the financial backbone of the international terror networks that are operating in connivance with arm-suppliers, drugs traffickers and local gangsters in a bid to fuel unrest in India.”

NIA in its fifth spherical of operation carried out searches at 76 areas in Abohar, Bhatinda, Muktsar Sahib, Moga, Ludhiana, Mohali, Ferozepur, Tarn Taran, Ludhiana Districts of Punjab, Gurugram, Yamuna Nagar, Rohtak, Mahendragarh, Sirsa and Jhajjar districts of Haryana, Churu, Bharatpur and Alwar districts of Rajasthan, Bagpat, Bareilly, Pratapgarh, Bulandshaher and Pilibhit  districts of Uttar Pradesh and Dwarka, Outer North, Central and Outer North Districts of Delhi and NCR.

Searches have been carried out on the homes premises of famous criminals and gangsters together with Lakhvir Singh of Gidderbaha at Muktsar, Naresh at Abohar, Surender alias Cheeku of Narnaul in Haryana, Kaushal Choudhary and Amit Dagar of Gurugram and Sunil Rathi of Baghpat, UP. Raids have been additionally carried out on their Hawala operators, weapon suppliers, gun homes, enterprise frontmen, financiers and logistics associates., NIA sources mentioned.

NIA sources added that just a few of probably the most determined gang leaders and their associates based mostly in India and overseas, who’re spearheading and finishing up such terror and felony actions have been recognized and booked in 3 circumstances registered by the federal company in August, 2022.

According to NIA, the crackdown was triggered following latest crimes and extortion calls by felony syndicates and gangsters to businessmen, professionals, together with medical doctors and so on., had created a widespread scare among the many individuals. These gangs have been utilizing cyber-space to publicise these crimes to create terror among the many public at massive.

“Investigations revealed that such criminal acts were not isolated local incidents,” mentioned an NIA spokesperson.

“There is a deep-rooted conspiracy amongst terrorists, gangsters and drug smuggling cartels and networks, who were operating from both within and outside the country” mentioned an NIA spokesperson confirming the raids.

Many gang leaders and members had fled from India and have been now working from international nations, together with Pakistan, Canada, Malaysia, Australia and so on. Ongoing probes by the NIA in circumstances being investigated by the Agency, such because the killing of Sanjay Biyani in Maharashtra, Sandeep Nangal Ambia and so on. in Punjab additionally revealed that the majority of those conspiracies have been being hatched from inside Jails of various States and have been being executed by an organized community of operatives based mostly in overseas.

“Further investigations will continue to dismantle such terror networks as well as their funding and support infrastructure,” the spokesperson confirmed including that “preliminary investigations have revealed that these gangs were carrying out targeted killings and were also raising funds to carry out such criminal activities through smuggling of drugs, Hawala network and weapons.”