Crackdown on terror networks: Taking major step towards demolishing the terrorist-gangster-drug smuggler nexus in the country, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at 32 locations in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab.
The raids came four days after the NIA attached four properties owned by Lawrence Bishnoi on January 6.
The raids were conducted in the wee hours of Thursday and multiple teams of anti-terror agency conducted the raid across premises and places linked to dreaded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s organised terror-crime syndicate. Jhajjar and Sonipat in Haryana are among other places being searched by the agency.
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NIA found that three of the properties were immovable, while one was movable. The properties were previously attached in a coordinated swoop by NIA teams in Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh under the provisions of the 1967 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The NIA has said it found all these properties to be ‘proceeds of terrorism’, used for hatching terror conspiracies and executing serious crimes.
The properties attached include Flat-77/4, Ashrey-1, Sulabh Awas Yojana, Sector-1, Gomti Nagar Extension, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, belonging to Vikas Singh, a harborer of the terror gang in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
Two other properties attached were located in village Bhishanpura, Fazilka, Punjab owned by accused Dalip Kumar, alias Bhola, alias Dalip Bishnoi. The two properties are Khewat No. 284, Ragba Tedadi (Pluralistic) 59-15 in 187/2390, Hissa (share) Baqadar, and Khewat No. 296, Ragba Tedadi (Pluralistic) 225-12 in 127/752, Hissa (share) baqadar.
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One Fortuner car registered in the name of Joginder Singh, resident of Yamunanagar in Haryana, was also seized.
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The NIA also registered a case against the organised crime syndicate of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his associates under UA(P)A in August 2022.
The agency’s investigations showed that the gang had spread its mafia-style criminal networks in several states of the country. These networks were 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.
