Key Points
A year-long probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the terroristgangster syndicate has revealed a situation akin to the Dawood Ibrahim gang of the 1990s, which had later joined hands with Pakistans ISI and was responsible for the 1993 Mumbai blasts..
The two main gangs at loggerheads now are those of Lawrence Bishnoi and Kaushal Chaudhary, similar to the rivalries of underworld dons Dawood and the now jailed Chhota Rajan..
A huge amount of money, generated through extortion activities, was sent to Canada, USA, Dubai, Thailand, and Australia for the use of their associates based abroad, family members and for funding the activities of Pro-Khalistan Extremists, officials told ET.. Recently, the gang killed Indian National Lok Dal chief Nafee Singh Rathee and a Gurugram based bookie, Sachin Munjal..
The jail break was a successful manifestation of the terrorist-gangster association which led to the escape of two dreaded terrorists Harminder Singh aka Mintoo, chief of the banned KLF, and Kashmir Singh Galwaddi, a KLF terrorist and four gangsters namely Vicky Gounder, Gurpreet Singh Sekhon, Kulpreet Singh Neeta and Amandeep Singh, the agency observed...
Later, Pakistans Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) roped in notorious gangsters-turned-terrorists like Harwinder Singh alias Rinda, presently in Pakistan, Lakhbir Singh alias Landa, Arshdeep aka Arsh Dalla, both based in Canada, for using their criminal network for planning and carrying out terror targeted killings in Delhi, Punjab and other parts of the country...
