Overview
- Lakhvinder Kumar was deported from the United States on October 25 and arrested by Haryana Police at Delhi’s IGI Airport before being produced in Ambala, where a court granted eight days of police custody.
- FBI Sacramento detained Kumar in Stockton, California, in June 2025 after he was flagged as wanted in India for alleged attempted murder, extortion, criminal conspiracy and illegal use of firearms.
- An Interpol Red Notice requested by Haryana Police was published on October 26, 2024, and the CBI coordinated the return with MEA and MHA through Interpol channels and the Bharatpol platform.
- Haryana STF says Kumar, a close associate of the Bishnoi network, has multiple FIRs across districts and had operated from the US since 2022 under directions from Anmol Bishnoi to run extortion and coordinate firing incidents.
- Indian agencies cite the case as part of accelerated international repatriations against transnational crime, noting more than 130 fugitives returned in recent years via Interpol coordination.