Chandigarh : The Special Task Force (STF), Haryana, has achieved a major breakthrough in its sustained campaign against organized crime. Lakhwinder Singh @ Lakha, a resident of village Titram, District Kaithal, Haryana, and a close associate of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, has been deported from the United States of America and arrested by the STF Ambala Unit after completion of all legal formalities.
Lakhwinder Singh @ Lakha had been operating from the USA since 2022 under the directions of Anmol Bishnoi and was actively involved in around a dozen cases of extortion and firing incidents related to extortion in Haryana and Punjab.
Lakhwinder Singh has a significant criminal record in Haryana, which includes:
FIR No. 85/2023, dated 14.02.2023, under Sections 384, 506 IPC — PS City Gohana, District Sonipat
FIR No. 106/2023, dated 21.03.2023, under Sections 384, 387, 506, 120-B IPC — PS Meham, District Rohtak
FIR No. 221/2023, dated 22.03.2023, under Sections 387, 506 IPC — PS City Yamuna Nagar, District Yamuna Nagar
FIR No. 93/2023, dated 29.03.2023, under Section 387 IPC — PS Sadar Kaithal, District Kaithal
FIR No. 83/2023, dated 27.04.2023, under Sections 25 Arms Act, 285, 384, 387, 427, 506, 34 IPC and 54 Arms Act — PS Sector-9, District Ambala
A Look Out Circular (LOC) and Red Corner Notice (RCN) were issued against him in 2023 and 2024, respectively, by STF Haryana. After nearly a year of continuous coordination and legal follow-up with national and international agencies, his legal deportation from the USA has been successfully executed.
The STF Haryana remains steadfast in its mission to dismantle organized crime networks and is actively pursuing further legal processes to identify and deport other wanted criminals operating from abroad.
He is being produced in Ambala Court and his police custody will be obtained. More details related to his criminal activities after he fled from India will be clear during further investigation.