CHANDIGARH: In a major breakthrough against transnational organised crime amidst the ongoing campaign ‘Gangstran Te Vaar’ launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), in close coordination with the Overseas Fugitive Tracking and Extradition Cell (OFTEC) of Counter Intelligence and with the support of Central Agencies, has secured the deportation of fugitive gangster Gurwinder Singh alias Afridi from Ethiopia, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday.
Addressing a press conference at Punjab Police Headquarters (PPHQ), DGP Gaurav Yadav, accompanied by Special DGP AGTF Promod Ban and Special DGP Counter Intelligence Amit Prasad, said, “This marks the first-ever deportation of a fugitive secured by Punjab Police from an African country, heralding a new chapter in the state’s relentless crackdown against organised crime.”
DGP Gaurav Yadav stated, “The operation marks the successful culmination of ‘Operation SHAHID’— a ten-month-long intelligence-led international manhunt involving sustained surveillance, strategic intelligence gathering, and tracking across multiple countries in Asia, South America, and Africa, executed in close coordination with national and international agencies.”
Sharing operational details, the DGP revealed that accused Gurwinder Afridi had fled abroad from Mumbai Airport to the UAE on March 31, 2025, using a fake passport fraudulently obtained under the particulars of a Gorakhpur resident and issued from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on February 12, 2025.
Meanwhile, accused Gurwinder Afridi is wanted in five sensational murder cases in Punjab, including the murder of Sarpanch Rajwinder alias Raj Talwandi (October 2024), 12-year-old boy Gursewak Singh (March 2025), Vicky Chugh (March 2025), Jaswant Singh (May 2025), and Congress Block President Gurmel Singh (September 2025).
