The Fall of Anmol Bishnoi: How India Brought Home Its Most Elusive Crime Mastermind
When the chartered flight touched down in New Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, a long and violent chapter in India’s crime history turned a decisive page.
Walking under heavy security cover was Anmol Bishnoi — one of the country’s most wanted fugitives, the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, and the alleged mastermind of several high-profile attacks that rattled India over the past few years.
For years, Anmol had operated like a shadow. Born in Fazilka, Punjab, he drifted early into the orbit of the Bishnoi syndicate, which rose to become one of the most formidable organised crime networks in northern India.
Even as his brother Lawrence sat behind bars in Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Central Jail, the gang’s operations continued seamlessly — thanks in part to Anmol, who allegedly ran extortion chains, directed targeted shootings, and coordinated logistics from foreign soil.
In 2022, when pressure mounted, Anmol fled India on a fake passport under the name “Bhanu,” slipping into the United States.
But the refuge was short-lived. American immigration authorities uncovered forged documents attached to his asylum plea.
Soon, his trail of violence caught up with him: a Red Corner Notice from Interpol ensured that a Louisiana court rejected his claims, clearing the way for his deportation.
His return to India marks the collapse of an international run punctuated by bloodshed. Investigators link him to at least 31 cases across Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Punjab.
Among these is the chilling murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in 2022, the assassination of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique in 2024, and even a firing incident at the Mumbai residence of Bollywood megastar Salman Khan.
In the Siddique case alone, Mumbai Police went on record calling Anmol the “plotter of the murder.”
But Anmol’s significance lies not just in the violence he orchestrated, but in the machinery he controlled.
From safe houses to shooters, from funding routes to global alliances with figures like designated terrorist Goldy Brar, Anmol acted as the remote controller of the Bishnoi gang.
Even while in the US, officials say, he continued directing operations with a quiet precision that made him one of the most dangerous fugitives abroad.
That is why his arrest has sent waves across intelligence circles. With Anmol in custody, agencies believe they now hold the key to dismantling the gang’s overseas planning units, choke its money pipelines, and cut the cord between foreign handlers and ground operatives.
For the first time in years, the command structure of the Bishnoi syndicate appears shaken.
As the NIA begins its interrogation, investigators hope the capture of the elusive Anmol Bishnoi may finally bring answers — and perhaps, justice — in some of the most shocking crimes that have haunted the nation.
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