Overview

• Lavish Kumar was taken into custody in Ahmedabad on May 26 by Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence teams with support from Gujarat Police.
• He had been evading arrest since May 2024 following a murder charge in Hoshiarpur.
• Investigators say Kumar acted under direct orders from foreign-based gangster-turned-terrorist Arsh Dalla to carry out extortion and intimidate victims with gunfire.
• Preliminary probes found he conducted reconnaissance for Rs 50 lakh extortion demands on a Rahon liquor contractor and a Nawanshahr travel agent.
• Punjab Police report that further inquiries are under way to identify additional operatives and map both backward and forward network linkages.