New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday performed searches at greater than 100 places in six states of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh in a significant crackdown on the terror-narcotics smugglers-gangsters nexus. The anti-terror company in shut coordination with state police forces performed these raids since early Wednesday on the premises and different locations linked to suspects. The raids are nonetheless happening. The raids are being performed in reference to three separate circumstances lodged by the NIA final 12 months – RC 37, 38, 39/2022/NIA/DLI.
The company on January 25 this 12 months arrested one Deepak Ranga, the primary shooter within the RPG assault on Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters in Mohali in May 2022 in its case RC-37/2022/NIA/DLI, from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur as he was a detailed affiliate of Canada primarily based gangster-turned-terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias Landa and Pakistan primarily based gangster-turned-terrorist Harvinder Singh Sandhu alias Rinda.
Apart from his involvement within the May RPG assault, Deepak has been concerned in a variety of different violent terrorist and prison offences, together with violent killings. He has been actively receiving terror funds and logistical help from Rinda and Landa.
The NIA had registered the case suo moto on September 20, 2022, after it emerged that terrorist outfits and terror parts primarily based overseas have been working in tandem with leaders and members of organized prison gangs working in northern states of the nation to commit focused killings and violent prison acts. It had additionally emerged that the terror-gangster-drug smuggler community was additionally engaged in smuggling terrorist {hardware}, corresponding to arms, ammunition explosives, IEDs and so on throughout borders by way of a widespread inter-state community of gun runners, unlawful arms and ammunition producers and suppliers and explosive traffickers.
Since the registration of three prison circumstances towards the above terror-gangster-drug smuggler community, NIA has already arrested 19 leaders and members of assorted Organised prison gangs, two Arms suppliers and one massive financier linked with the community below the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Canada-based Arsh Dalla has been designated as an ‘particular person terrorist’ by the Ministry of Home Affairs on January 9, this 12 months.Â
