Overview
- US Homeland Security informed the Siddique family that Anmol Bishnoi was removed from the United States on November 18, and he landed in Delhi on November 19 where officials arrested him on arrival before court production.
- The Union government will decide which Indian agency takes initial custody, with cases spanning multiple jurisdictions and at least 18 pending against him, according to officials.
- Mumbai Police Crime Branch has named him the alleged plotter of Baba Siddique’s October 2024 killing, citing recovered audio clips from accused that investigators say match his voice and show operational instructions.
- He is also wanted in the April 2024 firing outside Salman Khan’s Bandra residence and is linked by investigators to the 2022 Sidhu Moosewala murder conspiracy as a principal overseas handler of the Bishnoi syndicate.
- Investigators say he fled India using forged documents, moved through Nepal, Dubai and Kenya before his US detention in November 2024, which led to deportation coordinated by US immigration authorities.