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NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday extended the NIA custody of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother, Anmol Bishnoi. Just days earlier, Anmol, wanted in the NCP leader Baba Siddique murder case, was extradited from the United States to India. The NIA took him into custody immediately after he landed in Delhi.He was arrested in connection with a 2022 case probing an alleged nexus between criminal gangs in India and Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), which investigators say was used to raise funds, recruit youths, and plan terror attacks. According to the NIA, Anmol was accused of providing shelter and logistical support to gang shooters and operatives in the US “He was also allegedly engaged in extortion in India from foreign soil with the help of other gangsters,” the agency stated.Apart from being wanted in Baba Siddique’s murder case, Anmol is also accused in the firing at actor Salman Khan’s residence in April 2024 and the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, among other crimes. He was “removed” from the US on November 18 after being detained there in November last year.On the run since 2022, the US-based Anmol is the 19th person arrested in the terror-syndicate case linked to his jailed brother, Lawrence Bishnoi. He was charged by the NIA in March 2023 after investigators concluded he had helped designated terrorist Goldy Brar and Lawrence Bishnoi carry out multiple crimes between 2020 and 2023.His deportation to India was coordinated by the NIA.
