2 weeks ago
Gurugram Police Arrest 7 Linked to Foreign-Based Gangsters
Police in the city of Gurugram caught seven people.
These people are said to work for gang leaders who live in other countries.
The gang leaders are named Himanshu Bhau, Deepak Nandal, and Meenakshi.
The police found guns, bullets, phones, and a special half currency note used in a secret money business called hawala.
One of the arrested people is said to have run a hawala business in an old market area of Delhi called Chandni Chowk.
The seven people are between 30 and 35 years old and already have around two dozen criminal cases against them.
Police say the group sent threats over the phone to builders, business people, and people in the film and music industries.
They asked for huge amounts of money and took credit for crimes on social media to scare people.
Now they are arrested and police are investigating their links to the foreign-based gang leaders.
Gurugram police arrested seven people allegedly linked with foreign-based gangsters Himanshu Bhau, Deepak Nandal, and Meenakshi.
Police recovered four pistols, 18 live cartridges, six mobile phones, and a special half currency note allegedly used in hawala transactions.
One accused allegedly operated a hawala business in Delhi's Chandni Chowk.
The arrestees, aged 30-35, have around two dozen criminal cases against them; six are from Rohtak, Haryana, and one from Delhi.
They allegedly threatened builders, businesspersons, and people associated with the film and music industries over phone, demanding huge sums.
- Who
- Seven men aged 30-35, identified as Yogesh alias Kachhua, Shubham Sikka, Sandeep Hooda, Rohit alias Shakti, Balwinder alias Sonu Nandal, Surjeet, and Gaurav Arora, allegedly linked to foreign-based gangsters Himanshu Bhau, Deepak Nandal, and Meenakshi.
- What
- Arrested for alleged organised crime, including extortion threats and involvement in hawala-linked illegal transactions.
- Where
- Gurugram, with alleged criminal operations across Haryana and Delhi-NCR; arrestees are from Rohtak (Haryana) and Delhi, and the hawala business was in Chandni Chowk, Delhi.
- When
- The arrests were announced on Wednesday.
- Why
- They allegedly threatened builders, businesspersons, and people in the film and music industries over phone, demanding huge sums, and claimed responsibility for criminal incidents on social media to create fear.
Key facts
- Number of arrested
- 7
- Foreign-based gangsters named
- Himanshu Bhau, Deepak Nandal, Meenakshi
- Recovered items
- 4 pistols, 18 live cartridges, 6 mobile phones, half currency note
- Criminal cases against arrestees
- Around two dozen
- Accused residences
- 6 from Rohtak, Haryana; 1 from Delhi
- Age of arrestees
- 30-35 years
- Police official
- ACP (Crime) Lalit Dalal










