Like Mumbai gangs in 1990s, today's syndicates terrorise traders, real estate developers & Punjabi music industry. Bishnoi's empire, backed by allies within India and overseas, dominates.
Nilesh Rai, who hailed from Begusarai district in Bihar, had 16 cases registered against him including those of murder, loot, and extortion. There was a Rs 2.25 lakh bounty on him.
Kala Jatheri has 74 cases against him, including murder, attempt to murder. Anuradha Chowdhury, or ‘Madam Minz’, is booked in at least 10 cases, kidnapping & money laundering among them.
JD(U) leader, who has had 46 cases lodged against him between 1991 & 2023, was sentenced to 7 yrs in jail in a 2020 abduction case soon after he declared he'll fight LS polls from Jaunpur.
Victim Sunder Malik was booked in cases of dacoity, attempt to murder etc, spent 14 yrs in jail. Cousin claims Malik told him of threats from 2 men he fought with during sarpanch polls.
Ajay Joon (33), member of the Kala Jathedi and Priyavart gang, has more than 15 cases of murder, attempt to murder, abduction and extortion registered against him in Delhi and Haryana.
Brar, who allegedly runs the Lawrence Bishnoi gang from Canada, hit headlines after singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder in May 2022. He is on Canada’s most-wanted list as well.
Tracking Bishnoi since his escape to Dubai in March 2022, Delhi Police Special Cell successfully traced him in Baku & promptly initiated his extradition thwarting his plan.
With two hostile neighbours in the immediate vicinity and one in the greater region, it is imperative that New Delhi forge alliances that can offer some stability.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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