U.S. prosecutors have charged imprisoned Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi with ordering the June 2023 killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., as part of a broader international crackdown on India-based transnational organized crime networks.
The investigation, known as Operation Hard Ball, was conducted by the RCMP, the FBI and other international law enforcement partners. Authorities announced charges against individuals alleged to be linked to three India-based organized crime networks led by Lawrence Bishnoi, Ravinder Dhanda and Jaggu Bhagwanpuria.
“These groups have been engaged in extortions, drug trafficking, kidnapping and widespread violence — namely the 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar — in Canada and the United States,” RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme said in a July 7 release….