New Delhi. Success has been achieved in bringing another most wanted gangster who committed crimes abroad to India. The name of the gangster whom Punjab Police was successful in bringing to India is Gurvinder Singh alias Afridi. The Anti Gangster Task Force and Counter Intelligence team of Punjab Police has brought Gurvinder to India from the African country Ethiopia. The Punjab government had declared a reward of Rs 5 lakh on Gurvinder.
In a major breakthrough, Anti-Gangster Task Force (#AGTF) Punjab, in coordination with the Overseas Fugitive Tracking and Extradition Cell (#OFTEC) of Counter Intelligence, Punjab with the support of Central Agencies, secures the deportation of Gurwinder alias Afridi, a key kingpin of the Doni Bal–Prabh Dassuwal gang, from Ethiopia following a 10-month-long international manhunt under Operation SHAHID.
Preliminary investigation reveals that the accused was allegedly directing targeted killings, extortion-related firing incidents and organized criminal activities in Punjab from abroad. The Punjab Government had announced a reward of ₹5 lakh on the information leading to his arrest.
The operation involved sustained intelligence gathering, surveillance and tracking across multiple countries in Asia, South-America and Africa, in close coordination with national and international agencies.
We thank the Ministry of External Affairs and all other central agencies as part of this international cooperation.
@PunjabPoliceInd remains committed to dismantling gangster networks, preventing organized crime and ensuring peace and security across #Punjab.
— DGP Punjab Police (@DGPPunjabPolice) November 8, 2026
The Anti Gangster Task Force team of Punjab Police reached Delhi on Sunday morning with Gurvinder Singh alias Afridi. Punjab Police had named the plan to deport Gurvinder from Ethiopia to India as 'Operation Shahid'. The task force team of Punjab Police was engaged under the leadership of SP Bikram Brar to search for Gurvinder. Apart from Africa, this team continuously collected intelligence inputs from many countries of Asia and South America. The team kept a close watch on Gurvinder Afridi and eventually he could be brought to India.
According to Punjab Police, Gurvinder Singh alias Afridi is the leader of the notorious Donnie Bal and Prabh Dasuwal syndicate. He had fled from India and gone abroad. From where he was carrying out extortion, firing and murders in Punjab. Gurvinder alias Afridi is a resident of Tut village in Tarn Taran district of Punjab. Punjab Police had registered more than 35 cases against Gurvinder and included him in the most wanted list. In June 2024, Amritsar Dehat police had arrested Jaswinder Singh alias Munshi. He had told that on the instructions of Gurvinder, he took the security guard hostage in the church built in Thakkarpura village of Tarn Taran, vandalized the statues of Lord Jesus and Mary and set fire to the priest's car. Now by interrogating Gurvinder, Punjab Police will find out in which places other than the state he got criminal incidents done. Punjab Police has so far deported more than a dozen criminals sitting abroad and brought them to India.