Overview
- The Haryana Special Task Force arrested Gaurav Gadoli at Delhi’s IGI Airport on Tuesday after he was deported to India following detention overseas.
- Officials say Gadoli is a brother-in-law and active associate of Kaushal Chaudhary who ran finances, recruitment and facilitation for the Kaushal-Bambiha gang while living abroad.
- Police allege Gadoli fled India in late 2023 using a forged passport, worked from Dubai and Georgia under false identities, and is now facing six FIRs including extortion, attempted murder and Arms Act violations.
- Authorities say he helped run 'dabba calling' extortion, a layered VOIP method where an overseas gangster uses intermediaries and multiple voice-over-IP links so threats reach targets without revealing phone numbers.
- STF-Haryana has proposed rewards of USD 10,000 each for four other foreign-based suspects and says Gadoli’s deportation is the 13th such return this year, a step likely to accelerate cross-border actions and encourage tips from the public.