The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday attached four properties owned by members of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s organised terror-crime syndicate.
The properties, of which three were immovable and one movable, were attached in a coordinated swoop by NIA teams in Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh under the provisions of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, a press release said, adding that the agency found all these properties to be “proceeds of terrorism”, used for hatching terror conspiracies and executing serious crimes.
The properties attached include Flat-77/4, Ashrey-1, Sulabh Awas Yojana, Sector-1, Gomti Nagar Extension, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, belonging to Vikas Singh, a harbourer of the terror gang in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Two other properties attached were located in village Bhishanpura, Fazilka, Punjab owned by accused Dalip Kumar alias Bhola alias Dalip Bishnoi.
One SUV registered in the name of Joginder Singh resident of Yamunanagar, Haryana was also seized.
As per the NIA investigation, Vikas Singh is an associate of Lawrence Bishnoi, who has allegedly harboured terrorists, including accused persons involved in RPG attack on Punjab Police Headquarters. Joginder Singh is the father of gangster Kala Rana, a close associate of Lawrence Bishnoi.
“Joginder Singh was facilitating gang members by allowing them to use his SUV for the purpose of transportation of arms and ammunition for promoting terrorist acts. The property belonging to accused Dalip Kumar was being used as a shelter/warehouse for storage and concealment of weapons, and also for harbouring terrorist gang members,” the NIA release said.
The NIA had registered a case against the alleged crime syndicate of Bishnoi and his associates under UA(P)A in August 2022. “The agency’s investigations showed that the gang had spread its mafia style criminal networks in several states of the country. These networks were involved in many sensational crimes, such as the murders of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala as well as religious and social leaders like Pardeep Kumar, besides large-scale extortions from businessmen and professionals,” the agency said.
NIA investigations have further revealed that many of these terror conspiracies were masterminded from abroad, including Pakistan and Canada, or by leaders of organised terror syndicates operating from prisons across India.
Comments
0 comment