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Time of India
05-05-2025
- Time of India
NIA raids in 3 states in case of firing linked to Khalistani terrorist
Jaipur: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 3 carried out search operations at 10 locations in Rajasthan, Haryana, and Delhi as part of its investigation into the Neemrana hotel firing case of Sept 8, 2024, which was linked to Canada-based Khalistani terrorist Arsh Dalla. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The attack, which took place at Hotel Highway King, involved multiple rounds fired indiscriminately around the premises in an attempt to spread fear and coerce the management into paying extortion money. The two attackers, later identified as members of the Bambiha gang , are believed to be part of a larger terrorist-gangster nexus led by Dalla. From their spot inspection, Kotputli-Behror police suspected that the assailants had a pistol and a Sten gun-like carbine, capable of firing up to 10 rounds. The assilants loaded a magazine and fired a total of 35 rounds. Both atatckers fearlessly arrived at the hotel on a Splendor bike, parked it, and went in different directions. One fired bullets with a Sten gun at the shops outside, while the other went inside. He handed a slip demanding Rs 5 crore to the employee at the reception. During this, he looked at the CCTV camera and started firing with a pistol. The employee hid under the counter. Meanwhile, the firing from outside shattered the shop windows. The staff saved themselves by hiding.
New Indian Express
05-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Neemrana hotel firing case: NIA conducts searches at 10 locations across three states
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has carried out searches at 10 locations across Rajasthan, Haryana, and Delhi as part of its investigation into the 2024 Neemrana hotel firing incident, officials said on Monday. The case is linked to Canada-based Khalistani terrorist Arsh Dalla, who is wanted in India for his alleged involvement in multiple violent crimes and terror-related activities, they added. Dalla has been declared a proclaimed offender in more than 50 cases, including murder, attempted murder, extortion, and terror financing. A Red Corner Notice was issued against him in May 2022, and he was officially designated a terrorist by the Indian government in 2023. The attack, in which 35 shots were fired on September 8, last year all around the premises of Hotel Highway King in Neemrana, Rajasthan, was aimed at terrorising and threatening people, the officials said. 'They had used prohibited weapons and also threatened the hotel's owner and manager for extortion money. The manager had also earlier received several threat calls from international numbers,' a spokesperson of the NIA said in a statement.
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Business Standard
05-05-2025
- Business Standard
Neemrana hotel attack: NIA raids multiple locations in Arsh Dalla case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted extensive searches at 10 locations in Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi to probe the conspiracy behind the 2024 Neemrana hotel firing attack linked with Canada-based Khalistani terrorist Arsh Dalla, the agency stated on Monday. The NIA conducted the searches on May 3. The attack, in which 35 shots were fired on September 8 last year, all around the premises of Hotel Highway King, was aimed at terrorising and threatening people. According to NIA, the two attackers were subsequently identified as members of the Bambiah gang, having connections with Dalla's terrorist-gangster network. They had used prohibited weapons and also threatened the hotel's owner and manager for extortion money. The manager had also earlier received several threat calls from international numbers, the NIA stated. NIA, which had taken over the case in December, seized several electronic devices and other incriminating materials during the searches conducted at the premises of accused / suspects engaged in promoting violent criminal activities. These accused/suspects had been involved in providing financial support, and in carrying out acts of violence and terror at the behest of designated individual terrorist Arsh Dalla and his associate Dinesh Gandhi, as per NIA associates have been resorting to extortion through such terror and violent acts to raise funds for banned Khalistani terrorist outfits, NIA investigations have revealed. "Businessmen and other targets were identified by these gangsters and their aides, who would threaten and coerce the targets into paying off huge sums," the NIA stated. The investigations in the case RC 01/2024/NIA/JPR are continuing as part of NIA's all-out efforts to identify and dismantle terrorist and gangster syndicates active in the country.
Mint
05-05-2025
- Mint
NIA conducts searches in Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, and seven other locations in Neemrana hotel firing case
India's counter terrorism agency, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Saturday, May 3, 2025, conducted search operations in 10 locations related to the Neemrana hotel firing attack of 2024, according to the official press release. The government agency conducted its search operations in locations like Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi, among seven other places to find more information about the conspiracy behind Neemrana hotel firing attack which was linked with Canada-based Khalistani terrorist Arsh Dalla. According to the official data, attackers who sought to terrorise and threaten people in total fired 35 gunshots around the premises of Hotel Highway King on September 8, 2024. The two attackers who fired the gunshots were identified as members of the Bambiah gang who have some links to the Khalistani terrorist Arsh Dalla's terror network. Both attackers used weapons to threaten the hotel owner and manager to extort money, and this came after the owner received multiple threat calls from international numbers, according to the release. The counter terrorism agency, NIA, took over the case in December 2024 and made multiple seizures of electronic devices and other incriminating materials after it conducted its searches at several properties, which were allegedly engaged in promoting violent criminal activities. The people who were under the suspected radar of the agency were allegedly involved in providing financial support and assisting in carrying out acts of violence and terror on behalf of terrorist Arsh Dalla and his associate Dinesh Gandhi, the NIA investigation states. The investigations also showed how Dalla's associates have been using methods of extortion through such terror and violent acs to raise funds for the banned Khalistani terrorist outfits. According to the release, Businessmen were among others who were being threatened to pay off a huge sum of money. 'Investigations in the case RC 01/2024/NIA/JPR are continuing as part of NIA's all-out efforts to identify and dismantle terrorist and gangster syndicates active in the country,' said NIA in its release. As per the news agency ANI's report from April 20, 2025, NIA identified and charged three people in the Neemrana hotel firing case. Sachin alias Praveen alias Dholia, Yogesh alias Monu, and Vijay alias Kale, were the three people accused last month, according to the agency report. The NIA filed its second supplementary charge sheet before the NIA Special Court, Jaipur, naming Dharmendra Singh, Gaurav and Deepak for conspiring with other accused to carry out the attack on Hotel Highway King in Neemrana on December 2024, reported the agency, citing NIA statement. First Published: 5 May 2025, 02:57 PM IST
Indian Express
05-05-2025
- Indian Express
NIA searches 10 places in Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi in hotel firing case linked to Khalistani terrorist Arsh Dalla
Multiple teams of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) have searched 10 locations in Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi in the Neemrana hotel firing case linked to Canada-based Khalistani terrorist Arsh Dalla, who was arrested last year in connection with a shooting in Ontario. 'The attack, in which 35 shots were fired on September 8 last year all around the premises of Hotel Highway King, was aimed at terrorising and threatening people. The two attackers were subsequently identified as members of the Bambiah gang, having connections with Dalla's terrorist-gangster network. They had used prohibited weapons and also threatened the hotel's owner and manager for extortion money. The manager had also earlier received several threat calls from international numbers,' an NIA spokesperson said in a statement issued on Monday afternoon. The NIA, which in December 2024 took over the case related to the firing in Rajasthan's Neemrana, seized several electronic devices and other incriminating materials during the searches. The spokesperson said the suspects in the case 'had been involved in providing financial support and in carrying out acts of violence and terror at the behest of designated individual terrorist Arsh Dalla and his associate Dinesh Gandhi'. According to the NIA, Dalla's associates have been resorting to extortion through terrorist and violent acts to raise funds for banned Khalistani outfits. 'Businessmen and other targets were identified by these gangsters and their aides, who would threaten and coerce the targets into paying off huge sums,' the spokesperson added.
