Deportation of gangster Lakhvinder from US was an enormous success: Haryana DGP

Haryana DGP OP Singh on Sunday (October 26, 2025) stated that the deportation of fugitive gangster Lakhvinder from the USA was a serious success of the State’s Particular Activity Power (STF) towards organized crime.

Lakhvinder alias Lakha, a detailed aide of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, was deported from the US on Saturday (October 25, 2025) in an operation coordinated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), officers stated.

Lakhvinder was taken to Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport in Delhi, the place he was arrested by the Haryana Police.

“One other coward, fugitive and traitor introduced again from America by Haryana Police,” wrote Haryana DGP Singh in a submit in Hindi. “He was wished in extortion and dismissal circumstances in lots of states.”

In response to Haryana Police, Lakhvinder is a resident of Titram village in Kaithal district, Haryana. He’s a detailed affiliate of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.

After being deported, he was arrested by the STF, Ambala, after finishing all authorized procedures.

Lakhvinder had been working within the US since 2022 beneath the path of gangster Anmol Bishnoi and was actively concerned in round a dozen extortion circumstances and shootings in Haryana and Punjab, state police stated.

The state police stated Lakhvinder has important legal historical past in Haryana, which incorporates an FIR dated February 14, 2023, registered beneath IPC Sections 384, 506 (extortion, legal intimidation) registered at Gohana (metropolis) police station in Sonipat.

One other FIR with related costs dated March 21, 2023 was registered at Meham Police Station, Rohtak district.

He additionally has FIRs associated to extortion and different costs registered towards him in different places within the State, together with Yamunanagar, Kaithal and Ambala.

A Look Out Round (LOC) and Purple Nook Discover (RCN) had been issued towards Lakhvinder in 2023 and 2024 respectively by the Haryana STF, the state police stated.

After almost a 12 months of steady coordination and authorized follow-up with nationwide and worldwide companies, his lawful deportation from the U.S. was efficiently executed, police stated.

The Haryana STF stays steadfast in its mission to dismantle organized crime networks and is actively pursuing authorized processes to determine and deport different wished criminals working overseas, officers stated.