Washington, July 18: An organised crime syndicate recruited young people from India, promising money, power and opportunities to migrate to countries including the United States and Canada, while allegedly paying some as little as Rs 20,000 ($200) to commit murders, according to a US federal indictment. The 44-page indictment, a copy of which was obtained by IANS, shows what US prosecutors describe as the recruitment model of the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria Organised Crime Group, a transnational criminal organisation alleged to have expanded from Punjab into North America, Europe and Oceania.
Filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California, the indictment charges 15 defendants, including alleged gang leader Jaggu Bhagwanpuria and Indian national Nitish Kaushal, who was arrested by the FBI in Vermont this week after being placed on its Most Wanted list. Investigators say the organisation eventually grew into a transnational syndicate headquartered in India (IANS)
