Chandigarh, Oct 26 (PTI) Haryana DGP O P Singh on Sunday said the deportation of fugitive gangster Lakhvinder from the United States was a major success of the state's Special Task Force (STF) against organised crime.

Lakhvinder alias Lakha, a close aide of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was deported from the US on Saturday in an operation coordinated by the Central Bureau of Investigation, officials said.

He was brought to the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, where he was arrested by the Haryana Police.

"Another coward, fugitive, and traitor dragged back from America by Haryana Police," Haryana DGP Singh wrote in a post in Hindi. "He was wanted in extortion and firing cases in many states." According to Haryana Police, Lakhvinder is a resident of Titram village in Kaithal distr

See Full Page