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Harmanveer Singh: FBI nabs Indian national Harmanveer Singh over Canada-based gang’s drug trafficking racket

Harmanveer Singh (Picture from FBI X handle) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested Indian national Harmanveer…
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Operation Hard Ball: US probe backs India’s stand on Nijjar killing, targets Bishnoi Network

Vicky Nanjappa

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), along with other law enforcement agencies in the United States, recently launched a major operation and took more than 20 individuals into custody.

The crackdown, codenamed “Operation Hard Ball”, targeted the Lawrence Bishnoi network and was aimed at dismantling key factions of the transnational criminal syndicate allegedly involved in criminal activities affecting communities across North America and India. The action was linked to the network’s operations in the United States.

While the operation largely targeted the illegal actions of the network, one of the key findings was that there was nothing to link the Indian government with the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Khalistani operative.

Ties between India and Canada had strained considerably following the killing of Nijjar. Canada, under the leadership of Justin Trudeau, had blamed the Indian authorities for the killing of Nijjar, and this had strained ties between the two countries.

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