Gangster Gurvinder Afridi brought from Ethiopia to India, taken into custody by Punjab Police
Wanted gangster Gurvinder Singh alias Afridi has been brought to India after being captured in Ethiopia. Following an operation launched with the help of central agencies, the police have brought him to the state from the Delhi airport.
The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of the Punjab Police has brought back wanted gangster Gurvinder Singh alias Afridi from Ethiopia. He landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi in the early hours of Sunday, from where the police left with him for Punjab.
A resident of village Toot in Tarn Taran district, Gurvinder carried a reward of five lakh rupees announced by the Punjab government. The AGTF team that brought him from the Delhi airport was led by SP Bikram Brar.
According to the police, this success was achieved under 'Operation Shaheed', which was run for 10 months in conjunction with central investigative agencies. This is the first time that the Punjab Police has succeeded in bringing back a fugitive from an African country. For this task, the police's foreign fugitives cell had coordinated with international authorities.
The police allege that Gurvinder was the main operator of the gang led by foreign-based gangsters Donny Bal and Prabh Dasuwal. Sitting abroad, he used to provide weapons to shooters in Punjab and oversaw the network of murders and extortion.
Several cases of murder, attempt to murder, Arms Act, and conspiracy are registered against him in the Majha areas, including Tarn Taran and Amritsar. He has also been named by the police in the case regarding the conspiracy to murder sarpanch Jhrmal Singh of Amritsar district.
Apart from this, Gurvinder's name had also surfaced during the interrogation of accused in the incident of vandalism and arson at a church in village Thakarpura of Tarn Taran in August 2022. The police are now interrogating him regarding other unsolved cases.
Nothing has yet been proved in court.
Key developments
- Punjab Police brought gangster Gurvinder Singh alias Afridi to India from Ethiopia.
- After reaching the Delhi airport, the AGTF team brought him to Punjab.
- The Punjab government had placed a reward of Rs 5 lakh on Gurvinder's arrest.
- Several serious cases including murder, extortion, and target killing are registered against him.
