Overview
- US authorities apprehended Jagdeep Singh near the Canada–US border, and he remains in custody as legal steps move forward.
- Rajasthan Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force coordinated intelligence-led tracking with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to secure the detention.
- Courts in Rajasthan had issued arrest warrants, and officials say Singh is wanted in more than a dozen cases across Rajasthan and Punjab.
- Investigators link him to the 2017 firing and death-threat case against Dr. Sunil Chandak and to the Vasudev Israni murder investigation in Jodhpur.
- Police say he fled to Dubai about three years ago before illegally entering the US and allegedly ran operations for the Bishnoi–Godara network, with further charges and intelligence-gathering expected upon his return.