He was apprehended by the Punjab Police at Delhi airport and is being given Punjab to deal with the law, authorities stated on Sunday.
Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav stated this marks the first-ever deportation of a fugitive protected by the state authorities from an African nation.
The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of the Punjab Police, in close coordination with the Overseas Fugitive Tracking and Extradition Cell (OFTEC) of Counter Intelligence, and with the assistance of main firms, protected the deportation of fugitive gangster Gurwinder Singh alias Afridi from Ethiopia, he stated.
Gurwinder alias Afridi, a supposed crucial kingpin of the Doni Bal-Prabh Dassuwal gang, was bring a benefit of Rs 5 lakh revealed by the Punjab federal government on info resulting in his arrest. He is implicated of directing targeted killings, extortion-related shooting occurrences and arranged criminal networks in Punjab while running from abroad. He is desired in more than 30 abhorrent criminal cases, consisting of 5 murder cases, effort to murder, extortion, and Arms Act offenses, according to cops.
Afridi is desired in 5 astonishing murder cases in Punjab, consisting of the murders of Sarpanch Rajwinder alias Raj Talwandi (October 2024), 12-year-old young boy Gursewak Singh (March 2025), Vicky Chugh (March 2025), Jaswant Singh (May 2025) and Congress Block President Gurmel Singh (September 2025), cops stated.
DGP Yadav, who was accompanied by Special DGP AGTF Promod Ban and Special DGP Counter Intelligence Amit Prasad, informed press reporters, “This marks the first-ever deportation of a fugitive secured by the Punjab Police from an African country, heralding a new chapter in the state’s relentless crackdown against organised crime.”
“The operation marks the successful culmination of ‘Operation SHAHID ‘, a 10-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,” he stated.
The Operation SHAHID was performed under the close guidance of IGP OFTEC of Counter Intelligence wing Ashish Chaudhary, who managed global coordination and follow-up efforts, and was led by SP (AGTF/OFTEC OPs) Bikramjit Singh Brar, according to authorities.
DGP Yadav stated Afridi had actually gotten away abroad from Mumbai airport to the UAE on March 31, 2025, utilizing a phony passport fraudulently acquired under the details of a Gorakhpur homeowner and provided from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on February 12, 2025.
“The accused was constantly evading law enforcement agencies across several continents,” he stated, including that at first holed up in the UAE, implicated Gurwinder Afridi tried to get away to Mexico by means of Istanbul, however was deported back to the UAE. Consequently, he slipped into Kenya in April 2026, took a trip onwards to Angola in June 2026, and transferred to Ethiopia in November 2026.
Yadav stated that the Punjab Police got a Red Notice released versus Gurwinder Afridi, shared inputs concerning his phony identity and motions with main firms at vital periods, and had as lots of as 7 INTERPOL recommendations released.
The relentless multi-agency pursuit caused his detention in Ethiopia on November 6 and his subsequent deportation to India. He was nabbed by Punjab Police at New Delhi Airport and is being given Punjab to deal with the law, Yadav stated.
The DGP applauded the determined efforts of AGTF and OFTEC groups, and thanked the Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs, and main intelligence and enforcement firms for their smooth global cooperation in protecting this deportation.
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