In a revelation emerging from the recent crackdown on organised crime networks by the law enforcement agencies of the US, Canada and Europe, a Punjab police cop named Gurinderjit Singh Nagra has been implicated for extorting money from people by implicating them in false cases on behalf of an India-based transnational crime group.
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 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.
BREAKING: Punjab police officer Gurinderjit Singh is the corrupt official who took $400,000 from a family in Los Angeles, say U.S. authorities
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Gurinderjit Singh Nagra was posted as Station House Officer (SHO) of Tanda Police Station in Hoshiarpur district, and he has been transferred to the police lines pending an inquiry after his name came up in the case.
First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli said, “This indictment states that this gang of Bhagwanpuria partnered with corrupt police officials in India to falsely accuse enemies of crimes within India. One of the defendants, Gurinderjit Singh, is a police officer in India charged with attempting to extort victims here in Los Angeles by threatening to file false murder charges against them in India. They extorted a family for $400,000 until the victim actually agreed to pay money. We have charged him and we will extradite him to the US.”
The indictment alleges that members of the Bhagwanpuria group “corrupted law enforcement officers in India and partnered with corrupt government officials” to assist in extortion schemes and to file baseless criminal cases against rivals.
The indictment states, “To expand its power, this group corrupted law enforcement officers in India and partnered with corrupt government officials, including to assist in extortion schemes. It also provided false information to law enforcement officers in India regarding alleged crimes. The Bhagwanpuria group used this false information to target perceived rivals and individuals that members or associates believed were cooperating with law enforcement, often triggering baseless criminal proceedings and extortion plots by corrupt Indian law enforcement officers against perceived rivals.”
Gurinderjit Singh’s implication comes as a part of a coordinated international action announced against 37 defendants by the DOJ, the FBI and the law enforcement authorities of Canada and Europe against organised crime syndicates. The law enforcement agencies arrested 24 defendants connected to three India-based transnational organised crime groups and declared 10 fugitives. The three major India-based organised crime groups have been identified as the Lawrence Bishnoi enterprise, the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria enterprise, and the Ravinder Singh Dhanda group.
