Overview
- The US Department of Homeland Security confirmed his removal on November 18, and he landed in New Delhi on November 19 where NIA officers arrested him at IGI Airport.
- A Delhi court remanded him to 11 days of NIA custody after the agency sought 15 days, with proceedings held at Patiala House under tight security.
- NIA says he ran the Bishnoi syndicate from the US, providing shelter and logistics to shooters and conducting extortion from abroad; he is the 19th arrest in the agency’s terror‑gangster probe and was charge‑sheeted in March 2023.
- He is named as the principal plotter in the 2024 killing of NCP leader Baba Siddique and is accused in the Salman Khan residence firing and the 2022 Sidhu Moosewala murder, with officials citing at least 18 cases against him.
- US authorities detained him in November 2024 over forged documents, verified his identity via FBI DNA and voice matches while he was held in an Iowa jail, and notified victims via DHS‑VINE; investigators say he fled India on a fake passport via Nepal, Dubai and Kenya.