Overview
- Indian security agencies confirmed the detentions of Venkatesh Garg in Tbilisi, Georgia, and Bhanu Rana in the United States with international cooperation.
- A Haryana Police team is in Georgia to oversee Garg’s extradition, and officials say deportation processes for both suspects are advancing.
- Garg, a Narayangarh resident wanted in over 10 cases including the Gurugram murder of a BSP leader, allegedly ran an extortion and recruitment racket with Kapil Sangwan.
- Rana, a Karnal native linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, figured in the probe of a grenade attack in Punjab, with multiple aides arrested and chargesheets filed.
- Authorities say the arrests highlight a wider pattern of more than two dozen Indian gang leaders operating from abroad and present opportunities to disrupt their networks.