Overview

• On July 11, the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office AGNET unit, FBI SWAT and three local SWAT teams executed five coordinated search warrants under the FBI’s Summer Heat initiative.
• Officers arrested eight Indian-origin men, among them Pavittar Singh Batala, who faced an Interpol Red Corner Notice for ties to Babbar Khalsa International.
• The suspects were booked on multiple felonies covering kidnapping, torture, false imprisonment, conspiracy, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, threats to terrorize and gang enhancement.
• Officials seized five handguns including a fully automatic Glock, an assault rifle, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, high-capacity magazines and more than $15,000 in cash.
• Investigations into the circumstances of the alleged kidnapping and torture remain ongoing as U.S.-India authorities discuss potential extradition of the NIA most-wanted suspect.