Police-health department raids lead to rescue of 150 patients. Of them, 30 face criminal cases, including a proclaimed offender allegedly linked to a local gangster.
Punjab is seeing a new, hybrid gangsterism where borders and allegiances are more fluid than ever. ‘It’s a new trend in Punjab where gangs are used by terrorist groups.’
The story of Ubaidullah Abdulrashid Radiowalla shows why Indian authorities have struggled to secure extraditions. The evidence is often murky, and prosecutions botched.
FBI & ICE arrested Passia in California. He allegedly illegally entered the US around 2021. Indian investigating agencies have yet to receive official notification of his arrest.
Since December, over a dozen youths from areas like Batala, Amritsar, SBS Nagar have been arrested on charges of attacking police stations & posts at the behest of banned terror outfits.
Since Anmol Bishnoi was arrested this week in US, investigators are working to unpack a complex web of crime involving trafficking of migrants, drug cartels, assassins & Sikh separatists.
Though Indian security officials confirmed Dalla’s arrest, Canadian authorities have neither sent any formal communication nor confirmed the identity of the accused so far.
Extortion calls from ganglords have become a law & order issue in Punjab. There was a spurt in such calls after Sidhu Moosewala’s killing in May 2022 & the numbers have plateaued since.
SAD (Amritsar) chief Mann has also fielded retired Punjab Police inspector Bhupinder Singh Bhullar from Ferozepur constituency. Bhupinder is the father of slain gangster Jaipal Bhullar.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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