{"id":3077,"date":"2026-07-19T04:39:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T04:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=3077"},"modified":"2026-07-19T04:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T04:39:24","slug":"punjab-cop-who-tried-to-extort-400000-from-us-family-in-aap-worker-murder-case-arrested-chandigarh-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=3077","title":{"rendered":"Punjab cop who tried to extort $400,000 from US family in AAP worker murder case arrested | Chandigarh News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132489550,imgsize-71486,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/-.jpg\" alt=\"Punjab cop who tried to extort $400,000 from US family in AAP worker murder case arrested\" title=\"Gurinderjit Singh Nagra (File Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Gurinderjit Singh Nagra (File Photo)\">Gurinderjit Singh Nagra (File Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>JALANDHAR: Punjab Police have arrested inspector Gurinderjit Singh Nagra , former Tanda police station SHO, who has been accused by the US justice dept of being part of an international extortion racket that targeted an Indian-origin family in the US.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>An FIR was registered at the same station that Nagra once headed. Facing charges of extortion and offences under the anti-corruption Act, he was produced in a Dasuya court Saturday and sent to police custody for 3 days.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The justice dept said on July 7 that the US was pursuing Nagra\u2019s extradition to face trial on charges of conspiracy to commit extortion and obstructing foreign commerce.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/> The US indictment, part of Operation Hard Ball, against gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria says one of his associates threatened a victim and then provided the victim\u2019s name to a \u201ccorrupt law enforcement officer\u201d in Punjab, who then falsely accused the victim, his father and his sister of a Jan murder in India and extorted Rs 16 lakh from them. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The indictment named Nagra.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h4>Rs 3.8cr alleged extortion bid linked to murder of AAP worker<br \/><\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>DIG (Jalandhar range) Naveen Singla said Nagra was immediately relieved as SHO after the serious allegations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>\u201cInvestigation of the murder case was entrusted to an IPS officer posted outside Hoshiarpur district. Sufficient evidence has come on record linking inspector Gurinderjit Nagra with extortion and illegal gratification from a USbased family,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>\u201cInvestigation has so far revealed Nagra was involved in extorting and accepting Rs 16 lakh as illegal gratification from the US-based family,\u201d he said, adding he was named as an accused in the same murder FIR, registered on Jan 16 at Tanda police station under sections of Prevention of Corruption Act and BNS after enough evidence was gathered.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Nagra has been suspended and departmental proceedings have been initiated against him. The case in which Nagra is alleged to have attempted extortion of $400,000 (around Rs 3.8 crore) from a US-based family pertained to the murder of AAP worker Balwinder Singh in Miani village on Jan 15. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>The indictment against Bhagwanpuria\u2019s associate Gurlal Singh alleged Nagra threatened to implicate the victims in the murder case unless they paid up.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/chandigarh\/punjab-cop-who-tried-to-extort-400000-from-us-family-in-aap-worker-murder-case-arrested\/articleshow\/132489541.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gurinderjit Singh Nagra (File Photo) JALANDHAR: Punjab Police have arrested inspector Gurinderjit Singh Nagra , former Tanda police station SHO, who has been accused by the US justice dept of being part of an 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