Punjab Police on Friday (17th July) arrested Punjab Police Inspector Gurinderjit Singh Nagra, who was implicated by the US law enforcement for running an extortion racket on behalf of an India-based transnational crime group. His arrest was confirmed by the Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Jalandhar Range, Naveen Singla, through an official statement. Earlier, on 8th July, Nagra was relieved from his duty as SHO Tanda and was transferred to Police Lines, Hoshiarpur. He has been placed under suspension, and departmental proceedings have been initiated.
“During the investigation, sufficient evidence has come on record linking Inspector Gurinderjit Nagra with demand, extortion, and illegal gratification from a US-based family,” read the statement by the DIG, Jalandhar Range. It further said that the investigation conducted so far has revealed that Nagra was involved in extorting and accepting Rs. 16 lakh as illegal gratification from the US-based family.
Big Action by Punjab Police against Inspector Gurinderjit Singh Nagra after US indictment in extortion related murder case. Nagra has been arrested after FIR was registered. Action follows after Multi-country raids by FBI, Canadian RCMP and other countries against Bishnoi gang. pic.twitter.com/xMtq86QzMi
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An FIR was lodged against Nagra on Thursday at Police Station Tanda, Hoshiarpur, under Sections 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 308 of BNS.
What did the US prosecutors find
Following a recent crackdown on organised crime networks by the law enforcement agencies of the US, Canada, and Europe, Gurinderjit Singh Nagra was implicated for extorting money from people by implicating them in false cases on behalf of Jaggu Bhagwanpuria’s criminal gang.
According to the federal indictments unsealed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in Los Angeles on Tuesday (7th July), Gurinderjit Singh worked with members of the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang to target rivals with false accusations and demands for money.
US court documents state that in April 2026, a 22-year-old illegal immigrant from India living in Stockton, California, Gurlal Singh, who is also allegedly a member of the Bhagwanpuria gang, shared details of a target with Gurinderjit Singh. According to the FBI, the Punjab cop then contacted the target’s father and threatened to implicate the entire family, including his sister, in the murder of a man who was killed in January 2026. A few days later, he demanded $400,000 from the family in the United States in exchange for not falsely accusing them of the murder case.
In May 2026, the Punjab Police linked the family to the murder during a press briefing. But Gurinderjit Singh continued to demand money from the family, telling them that gang members were unhappy because they had “not paid the whole amount” that had been agreed upon.
