Overview
- Anmol Bishnoi arrived in New Delhi on November 19 after the US Department of Homeland Security notified his removal on November 18, and the NIA arrested him at IGI Airport.
- A Patiala House Court judge granted the NIA 11 days of custody after the agency sought 15 days to question him in the terror–gangster conspiracy probe.
- He is named as the alleged plotter of the Baba Siddique murder and is also wanted in the Salman Khan residence firing and the Sidhu Moosewala killing, with officials citing at least 18 cases against him.
- The NIA charge-sheeted him in March 2023, alleging he functioned as Lawrence Bishnoi’s overseas handler directing extortion and coordinating operations through encrypted channels.
- Investigators say he fled India on a forged passport, traveled via Nepal, Dubai and Kenya before entering the US, where he was detained in 2024, lodged in an Iowa jail, and identified through FBI DNA and voice analysis.