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.
Absconding gangster had alleged links to Sikh separatists and designated terrorist Arsh Dalla. Sukhdool had fled to Canada on forged documents in 2017.
The largest number of victims of identity-based abuse in India are Muslims. In this case, the abuse comes from people at the top, and nobody is willing to do anything about it.
After launching Bharat Taxi, the ministry explores offering insurance products across cooperative banks via IFFCO-Tokio with cooperative banks as corporate agents.
It is estimated the deal would eventually work out to cost around $9 bn at least for 6 submarines—negotiated down by India. Original bid by state-run MDL & TKMS was over Rs 1.2 lakh cr.
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