Anmol Bishnoi, a key accused in the killings of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique and singer Sidhu Moosewala – had reportedly obtained a fake passport in the name of Bhanu Pratap and used it to enter the US illegally.
Anmol, the brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, was on Wednesday arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) upon his deportation from the United States to India.
According to the passport copy accessed by NDTV, the document was created in 2021. It lists the date of birth of Anmol Bishnoi -- under the alias Bhanu Pratap -- as December 15, 2000, and names Rakesh and Sumitra Devi as his parents. The passport, numbered V3534569, carries an address in Sector 82, Faridabad.
In November last year, Bishnoi was arrested in California's Sacramento over entering the country will illegal documents. The arrest came just days after a Maharashtra court issued a non-bailable warrant against him and Interpol released a Red Corner Notice.
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In a statement, the NIA said Anmol Bishnoi is the 19th accused to be arrested for his involvement in the terror-syndicate led by his brother Lawrence Bishnoi. He has been absconding since 2022.
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.
Operating closely with various Bishnoi gang associates, Anmol continued to run terror syndicates and execute terrorist acts from the US for the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, using its operatives on the ground. Investigations revealed that Anmol Bishnoi had provided shelter and logistic support to the gang's shooters and ground operatives. He was also engaged in extortion in India from foreign soil with the help of other gangsters, the NIA said in the statement.
Anmol Bishnoi is wanted as the main plotter in the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique in October last year, as well as the shooting incident that occurred outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan's residence earlier this year. His name also surfaced in the murder of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala.
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