Washington, D.C., August 19 (ANI): The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a “Wanted” notice for Indian national Major Singh for his alleged involvement in a transnational criminal organization engaged in racketeering and the unlicensed dealing of firearms.
The FBI said on its official website that Singh was allegedly involved with the “Jaggu Bhagwanpuria Organized Crime Group” and “engaged in racketeering-influenced and corrupt organizations conspiracy; conspiracy to engage in the business of dealing in firearms without a license; conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances; and distribution of controlled substances.”
The FBI statement further said, “This organization, The Jaggu Bhagwanpuria Organized Crime Group, originated in the Punjab state of India and operated in the Central District of California and elsewhere.”
The legal case against Singh intensified on June 25, when a federal arrest warrant was issued for him in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles after he was charged with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Conspiracy and Conspiracy to Engage in the Business of Dealing in Firearms Without a License.
The FBI said Singh is wanted for his alleged involvement in the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria Organized Crime Group, which it describes as a transnational criminal organization. The group allegedly engaged in racketeering and firearms-related conspiracies and operated in the Central District of California and elsewhere.
The development comes shortly after the FBI, in July, placed an alleged operative of an India-linked criminal syndicate on its Most Wanted list.
The federal agency took action against Nitish Kaushal, identifying him as a suspected associate of the “Jaggu Bhagwanpuria Organized Crime Group (OCG),” as part of an intensified American crackdown on global criminal syndicates originating in India.
According to U.S. investigators, Kaushal is being sought for his suspected ties to the Bhagwanpuria OCG, which authorities describe as a “transnational criminal organization that originated in Punjab, India, and operated in the Central District of California and elsewhere.”
American law enforcement agencies allege that the syndicate has orchestrated a wide range of violent crimes across borders.
The FBI stated that the network is heavily involved in “murder, kidnapping, drug trafficking, extortion, weapons trafficking, money laundering, and human smuggling.”
The latest crackdown comes as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to coordinate enforcement measures against alleged members and associates of three organized crime groups. (ANI)
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