Gangster Sunil Kumar extradited from Azerbaijan: CBI

Kumar, who was apprehended in Datu, Azerbaijan, in October 2024, has over 50 criminal cases registered against him across Jharkhand, Rajasthan, and Punjab.

A special team of the Jharkhand Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), along with Kumar, arrived at CSMI Airport, Mumbai, on Saturday morning from Azerbaijan. The team travelled to Azerbaijan to complete the formalities under the extradition treaty between the two nations.

Probe has revealed that Kumar is a member of the Aman Sahu gang and was using the fake name Mayank Singh. “Kumar is wanted by the Jharkhand Police in a case registered at Patratu, Bhadaninagar Police Station, in 2022 on the allegations of sending threatening messages via WhatsApp and demanding extortion money. Kumar has also been threatening business personnel, coal transporters, and railway contractors for extorting money. Several cases have been registered against him in various states in India,” the spokesperson said.

According to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Aman Sahu is a gangster from Jharkhand whose associates are operating as an organised criminal gang.

On March 11, Sahu was killed in an encounter in Jharkhand’s Palamu district when he tried to escape custody after the police vehicle in which he was being transported from Chhattisgarh’s Raipur jail to Ranchi was attacked by his gang members. Sahu had allegedly been involved in over a hundred criminal cases, including murder and extortion, and had been convicted in some of them, the police said. Authorities also suspected that he had links to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

On October 10 last year, the CBI got the Red Core Notice published through Interpol in this case after receiving a request from the Jharkhand Police. All the RCN published by Interpol are circulated to all the law enforcement agencies globally for tracking of the wanted criminals. “An Extradition Request was sent to the Azerbaijan authorities on January 7 this year through diplomatic channels. Subsequently, a Team of Jharkhand Police was formed to bring back Kumar from Azerbaijan,” the CBI spokesperson said.

The Indian Express first reported last year that expanding his “business model” of making alliances in jail, jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his associates allegedly made a partnership with Sahu. Bishnoi, a prime accused in the murder case of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, is currently lodged in Sabarmati jail, Gujarat.

Mahender Singh Manral is an Assistant Editor with the national bureau of The Indian Express. He is known for his impactful and breaking stories. He covers the Ministry of Home Affairs, Investigative Agencies, National Investigative Agency, Central Bureau of Investigation, Law Enforcement Agencies, Paramilitary Forces, and internal security. Prior to this, Manral had extensively reported on city-based crime stories along with that he also covered the anti-corruption branch of the Delhi government for a decade. He is known for his knack for News and a detailed understanding of stories. He also worked with Mail Today as a senior correspondent for eleven months. He has also worked with The Pioneer for two years where he was exclusively covering crime beat. During his initial days of the career he also worked with The Statesman newspaper in the national capital, where he was entrusted with beats like crime, education, and the Delhi Jal Board. A graduate in Mass Communication, Manral is always in search of stories that impact lives. ... Read More

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