New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a charge sheet on Thursday against gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in a case involving the seizure of around 39 kg heroin by the Gujarat Police, officials said. The agency filed the supplementary charge sheet in a special court under Indian Penal Code sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), 465 (forgery) and 471 (fraud), besides provisions of the Information Technology Act, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, and anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, they said.
The Ahmedabad Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) registered an FIR in the matter initially on September 15, 2022. "Subsequently, the NIA took charge of the case, re-registering it...on August 20, 2023. The investigation in this case remains open," the NIA spokesperson said. On September 14 last year, the Gujarat ATS in a joint operation with the Indian Coast Guard intercepted a Pakistani fishing boat mid-sea near Jakhau harbour in Kutch district and seized 40 kg of heroin worth more than Rs 200 crore.
