NIA Conducts Searches At Several Locations In Punjab At Premises Of Brar’s Associates

A day after filing chargesheet against Goldy Brar in the Karni Sena chief murder case, National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday’s searched several locations in Punjab at the premises of associates of Brar in another case. A total of nine locations associated with foreign-based designated individual terrorist Brar and his aides were searched by NIA teams in a Chandigarh related to extortion and firing case.

NIA has appealed for information about the terrorist and his gang. NIA has also released telephone numbers for the public to share information about the terrorist and his associates or to reveal any threat calls they may have received from the gang. The information can be shared on landline number 0172-2682901 or mobile number 7743002947 (For Telegram/ WhatsApp). The identity of the informer will be kept a



secret.

Thursday’s (6th June 2024)searches covered the districts of Mohali, Patiala, Hoshiarpur and Fatehgarh Sahib, as part of NIA’s sustained crackdown on individual terrorists engaged in criminal-terrorist activities in India. Incriminating material including digital devices have been seized.

Investigations so far have revealed that Goldy Brar, along with one Goldy of Rajpura in Punjab, had hatched a criminal conspiracy to generate funds by demanding extortion money from businessmen of Punjab, Chandigarh and surrounding areas. They were also providing arms and ammunition to members of terrorist gangs formed by Brar. They were additionally involved in smuggling and sale of narcotics and channelisation of the proceeds from these sales.