Anmol sent to 11-day NIA custody after Delhi return

A Delhi court on Wednesday sent gangster Anmol Bishnoi to 1l-day National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody, noting that allegations against him were serious and the role played by him in the execution of terror conspiracy at the behest of the gang headed by his brother Lawrence needed to be unearthed.

- Arnabjit Sur

The order by special judge (NIA) Prashant Sharma of Patiala House courts came hours after Bishnoi was arrested by NIA after being brought to Delhi on his deportation from the US.

“Investigation with regard to aspects viz. the role of the accused in alleged conspiracy, incriminating evidence against him, modus operandi used by him for committing crime in question, source of fund used by him for execution of terror conspiracy and details of social medial accounts through which responsibility of terror activities executed by Lawrence Bishnoi Gang in India..needs to be unearthed,” the court said.

NIA, represented by special public prosecutor Rahul Tyagi and public prosecutor Kushdeep Gaur, in its remand plea, said a conspiracy was hatched by members of a criminal syndicate, which included Anmol, based in India and abroad with Babbar Khalsa International and its operatives, for raising funds, recruitment of youth for carrying out terrorist acts in Delhi and other parts of the country.