{"id":134712,"date":"2024-09-14T20:59:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T20:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/14\/all-the-world-is-a-gang-the-story-of-the-borderless-new-generation-indian-origin-gangsters\/"},"modified":"2024-09-14T20:59:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T20:59:25","slug":"all-the-world-is-a-gang-the-story-of-the-borderless-new-generation-indian-origin-gangsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/14\/all-the-world-is-a-gang-the-story-of-the-borderless-new-generation-indian-origin-gangsters\/","title":{"rendered":"All the world is a gang: The story of the borderless new-generation Indian-origin gangsters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two of India\u2019s most notorious gangsters\u2014Goldy Brar, 30, and Arsh Dala<\/a>, 28\u2014share more than just their roots in Punjab. From their Canadian bases, they command sprawling crime syndicates that mirror each other\u2019s methods\u2014building terror networks, orchestrating extortion rackets from Ludhiana to Noida, and from Gurgaon to Ganganagar, besides using drones to smuggle weapons and explosives from across the Pakistan border. Yet, despite these striking similarities, they are sworn enemies, locked in a brutal feud that leaves a trail of blood both in India and Canada.<\/p>\n

Goldy alias Satwinder Singh, originally from Muktsar Sahib, Punjab, has ties with the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and operates from Canada and the US under the umbrella of the Lawrence Bishnoi<\/a> gang. But who is Lawrence Bishnoi? A notorious figure in his own right, Bishnoi \u2014a law graduate from Panjab University and once Goldy\u2019s ally in campus politics \u2014continues to pull the strings of his criminal empire even while languishing in jails in Rajasthan or Delhi since 2014.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Arsh Dala aka Arshdeep Singh Gill from Moga in Punjab, has rapidly risen in both stature and notoriety over the past couple of years. His global terror and crime syndicate came into the spotlight when two of its operatives, Manpreet Singh, known as Peeta, and his brother Mandeep, were arrested in the Philippines and deported to India. Dala is part of the Khalistan<\/a> Tiger Force (KTF), an organisation founded by Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whose killing in British Columbia last year ignited a diplomatic storm between India and Canada.<\/p>\n

GANGSTA PARADISO
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With a new generation of Indian gangsters<\/a> establishing footholds in nearly a dozen countries\u2014Canada, Australia, Greece, Portugal, the Philippines and more \u2014 underworld crime in several cities across northern India is also poised to surge, with certain gang feuds already capturing global attention.<\/p>\n

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This new wave of underworld networks has shifted its theatre of action to south Punjab, Haryana, Shekhawati or northeastern Rajasthan and the National Capital Region of Delhi\u2014far from the streets of Mumbai where dons like Dawood Ibrahim, Haji Mastan and Chhota Rajan captivated Bollywood\u2019s imagination for decades.

Documents released by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) reveal that the international nodes of certain new gangsters are involved in recruiting and managing operatives within India, while setting up an intricate fundraising and money-transfer system. This system uses both layered formal banking channels and informal methods. The NIA, India\u2019s premier counter-terrorism law enforcement agency, exposed these mechanisms in a chargesheet against the KTF in February.<\/p>\n

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To piece together this story, ET spoke to half a dozen police officers, both serving and retired \u2014 including two directly involved in the investigations. Additionally, documents released by the NIA and various state police forces were thoroughly examined.Most of the interviewees agree on several key points. First, the phenomenon of Indian gangsters setting up bases abroad to run extortion rackets back home is not new, but this trend has surged since 2019. <\/p>\n

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Second, after the killing of Vicky Gounder\u2014wanted in nearly 20 cases across various states\u2014in Rajasthan in 2018, New York-based separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun successfully lured several gangsters into aligning with the Khalistan separatists.<\/p>\n

Third, this new breed of mafia, predominantly from Punjab, has expanded its extortion network, targeting mandis for protection money, while also preying on liquor vendors, builders, wealthy singers, visa consultants, showroom owners and prominent doctors from Punjab to Delhi-NCR.<\/p>\n

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Fourth, Pakistan\u2019s spy agency, ISI, has seized the opportunity, providing sophisticated weaponry through drone deliveries to further exploit the situation.<\/p>\n

Fifth, many of these gangsters, residing abroad and commanding hundreds of shooters, show little fear of law-enforcement agencies; some even boast about their kills on social media.<\/p>\n

UPPING THE ANTE
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Among the underworld\u2019s most audacious recent strikes were a rocket-propelled grenade attack on the Punjab Police\u2019s intelligence headquarters in Mohali and the assassination of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala \u2014 both in 2022. This year, a shootout erupted in a Burger King outlet in West Delhi, executed by a 22-year-old gangster from Haryana, Himanshu Bhau, who is believed to be hiding out either in Portugal or Spain.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Bishnoi-Goldy Brar gang claimed responsibility for Moose Wala\u2019s murder, alleging that his manager Shaganpreet had colluded with the rival Davinder Bambiha gang in the killings of Goldy\u2019s cousin, former Panjab University student leader Gurlal Singh Brar, in 2020, and Bishnoi\u2019s close associate, Youth Akali Dal leader Vicky Middukhera, in 2021. The cycle of vendetta then reached across borders to Winnipeg, Canada, where in September 2023, Bishnoi-Goldy Brar gang members stormed the flat of Sukha Duneke and executed the Bambiha gang member in cold blood.<\/p>\n

But who is Davinder of the Davinder Bambiha gang? Davinder Singh Sidhu, from Bambiha village in Bathinda, was once a prominent kabaddi player at Punjab\u2019s DAV College before he became entangled in a criminal network. He was killed in a police encounter in 2016, but his gang has continued with its illicit activities in India and abroad. Among them is Armenia-based Gaurav Patyal alias Lucky, who was arrested in the West Asian country and is currently out on bail. Reports suggest that Arsh Dala has forged a new alliance with the Bambiha gang, prompting government agencies to take this nexus more seriously.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Sachin Bishnoi, the prime accused in the Moose Wala case and a relative of Lawrence, was extradited from Baku, Azerbaijan, to India last year, revealing the intricate web of global hideouts these gangsters exploit. Earlier, Vikramjeet Singh, also known as Vikram Brar, another key figure of the Lawrence gang, was brought back from UAE.<\/p>\n

BROTHERHOOD OF GUNS
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Documents released by the NIA, along with interviews conducted by ET with police officials, reveal a dangerous web of connections among gangsters operating across continents.<\/p>\n

Take, for instance, Darmanjot Singh, alias Darman Kahlon\u2014a critical link between Canada-based fugitive Lakhbir Singh, known as Landa, a 35-year-old BKI operative, and the Lawrence Bishnoi crime syndicate. Kahlon, based in the US, has played a pivotal role in smuggling weapons, explosives and heroin from Pakistan for distribution in India.<\/p>\n

Another man, Deepak Ranga, now in custody, acted as the link between Landa and Harwinder Singh Sandhu, alias Rinda, who operates out of Lahore. Ranga is the prime suspect in the assault on the Punjab Police intelligence headquarters. The Ministry of Home Affairs has declared several of these criminals\u2014including Rinda, Goldy Brar<\/a> and Arsh Dala\u2014as terrorists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act of 1967. Listed as \u201cindividual terrorists\u201d in NIA documents, they are the subjects of Interpol Red Corner Notices, a global alert urging law enforcement agencies to track down and provisionally detain these fugitives, pending extradition or surrender. Police suspect some of these gangsters have landed abroad through fake passports.<\/p>\n

Other key fugitives in this criminal web include Kashmir Singh Galwadi from Ludhiana, now operating out of Australia; Yadwinder Singh of Tarn Taran, who has established a new base in the Philippines; Parminder Singh Khaira, alias Pattu, based in Greece; and Tarsem Singh in Dubai. Gurjant Singh, known as Janta, runs his criminal operations from Australia. Janta is the brother of Jaspreet Singh Jassi, who was killed in a police encounter in Kolkata in 2021.<\/p>\n

While the NIA takes charge of high-profile cases, several states have established dedicated forces to counter the escalating threat of organised crime syndicates. Punjab\u2019s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), for instance, stands out in this regard, securing significant breakthroughs. Rajasthan followed suit last December, forming its own special force to clamp down on the rising activities of gangsters like Bishnoi and his gang member Rohit Godara. <\/p>\n

Godara is alleged to have masterminded the killing of Dubai-based entrepreneur Nadir Shah in Delhi\u2019s Greater Kailash I on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Godara had also headlines recently when a social media post, allegedly written by him, claimed responsibility for the shots fired outside Punjabi singer AP Dhillon\u2019s residence in Vancouver earlier this month. The Lawrence Bishnoi gang, known for its threats against Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, apparently took issue with Dhillon\u2019s recent collaboration with Khan in a music video.<\/p>\n

Police reveal that many of these gangsters have girlfriends who play pivotal roles, often honey-trapping their targets. Take, for instance, Portugalbased Bhau\u2019s associate, Anu, who lured Aman Joon to the Burger King outlet where he was gunned down by three shooters. Police have often managed to close in on these gangsters through their female companions.<\/p>\n

In this shadowy world, one figure stands out\u2014a 37-year-old \u201clady don\u201d named Anuradha Choudhary, also known as Madam Minz and Revolver Rani. Anuradha, considered one of the most ruthless gangsters in Rajasthan and Haryana, was in a live-in relationship with gangster Anand Pal Singh, who taught her how to handle an AK-47. In return, she introduced him to English and the joys of reading\u2014to the extent that when he was killed in an encounter in Churu in 2017 a few books were recovered from the boot of his SUV.<\/p>\n

Later, Anuradha grew close to a Bishnoi gang leader, Kala Jatheri, whose real name is Sandeep. In a headline-grabbing move, they were formally married in March this year when Jatheri, aligned with the Lawrence gang, was granted a six-hour parole for the occasion.<\/p>\n

As the two notorious gangsters prepared to perform the saat phera at a banquet hall in Delhi\u2019s Dwarka, the police faced the daunting challenge of securing the venue. The concern was that the rival gangster Arsh Dala, operating from the shadows in Canada, might send in shooters to sabotage the wedding.<\/p>\n

Undoubtedly, India\u2019s underworld has redrawn its frontiers \u2014 a gangland that knows no borders.
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