Bishnoi ran decentralised syndicate, wanted 'S.K.' killed to instill fear: U.S. DoJ
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The U.S. Department of Justice said that between 2022 and 2026, jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi announced his intention to murder "S.K., a well-known Indian actor and television personality" to promote his "enterprise" and instill fear in the public
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Though unexpanded in court records, the initials and details match threats made against actor Salman Khan in Mumbai during that period
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The DoJ characterised the gang as a decentralised syndicate; Bishnoi, a Punjab-born gangster, has been lodged in a high-security prison in Ahmedabad since 2023
🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS3 Internal Security — transnational organized crime run from inside prisons through decentralised networks, and growing India-U.S. law-enforcement cooperation against such syndicates.
🔑 Key Term: Decentralised crime syndicate — an organized-crime network operating through semi-autonomous modules across jurisdictions, making it resilient to the arrest of individual leaders.
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