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Gangster Anmol Bishnoi has been sent to 11 days of custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) by a Delhi court on Wednesday.

Accused of the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique, Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and several others, Anmol Bishnoi is the brother and close aide of gangster, Lawrence Bishnoi.

The NIA produced Anmol amid tight security, including RAF deployment, in Patiala House Court around 5 pm after the federal agency arrested him upon his deportation from the US.

Special Judge Prashant Sharma sent HIM to 11 days of NIA custody on the agency’s plea seeking 15-day custodial interrogation of the accused.

 

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“Anmol was chargesheeted by the NIA in March 2023 after investigations in the case established that he had actively aided designated individual terrorist Goldy Brar and Lawrence Bishnoi in the commission of various acts of terrorism in the country during the 2020-2023 period,” the NIA said. 

Speaking to reporters outside the court, Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Rahul Tyagi said the accused will be produced before the court again on November 29 after completion of his NIA custody.

“He is a very important member of the terror-gangster syndicate. He has some very important information. He was running the syndicate, and was a key member,” the prosecutor said.

Tyagi said the NIA had sought his custody on the grounds of unearthing the modus operandi, source of funds, involvement of other people and operation of the syndicate.

“We are trying to find how he fled India,” he added.

Media persons were not allowed in the court proceedings.

Besides being wanted in the murder of Siddique and the killing of Sidhu Moosewala, he is also accused of firing at actor Salman Khan’s residence in April 2024, among other crimes. 

Anmol was “removed” from the US on Tuesday after being detained there in November last year. 

He has been absconding since 2022, and is now the 19th accused to be arrested for his involvement in the terror-gangster syndicate led by his jailed brother, Lawrence Bishnoi.