After Naxal Offensive, Amit Shah’s Anti-Narco-Terror Drive Scores Big As NIA Seizes Punjab Property | Exclusive Details

Published 16 June 2026 · india

After Naxal Offensive, Amit Shah’s Anti-Narco-Terror Drive Scores Big As NIA Seizes Punjab Property | Exclusive Details Reported By, Last Updated: June 16, 2026, 16:51

After Naxal Offensive, Amit Shah’s Anti-Narco-Terror Drive Scores Big As NIA Seizes Punjab Property | Exclusive Details Reported By, Last Updated: June 16, 2026, 16:51 IST By seizing the Amritsar estate, the NIA aims to break the financial back of this cross-border apparatus The investigation has shed light on the sophisticated money-laundering mechanics keeping the network afloat. Representational image The Investigation Agency (NIA) has clamped down heavily on a sophisticated transnational narco-terror pipeline feeding the proscribed terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), attaching a residential property in Amritsar, Punjab. The property is registered under the name of the father of Ankush Kapoor, identified by investigators as the central, India-based mastermind responsible for managing the syndicate’s on-ground logistics. This major enforcement action represents a vital breakthrough in a broader national crackdown championed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Following massive administrative offensives against left-wing extremism, the central government has reoriented its premier security agencies to systematically dismantle narco-terror networks, viewing the disruption of financial arteries as paramount to preserving internal security.

The anti-terror federal agency has meticulously mapped the footprints of this sprawling international network, which spans multiple borders, including Italy, Australia, Iran, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, and Pakistan. According to investigators, the core conspiracy is built upon a self-sustaining cycle where massive quantities of heroin and chemical precursors are smuggled into India from Pakistan through the strategic Gujarat-Punjab transit route. Far from being a routine drug trafficking operation, the NIA has explicitly established that this is a deliberate, highly structured strategy orchestrated by LeT. The outfit exploits the exorbitant profits generated from narcotics sales to build an uninterrupted stream of illicit funds, intentionally designed to bankroll anti-India operations and destabilise the social fabric of Punjab. Operationally, the network is masterminded by a triumvirate coordinating across continents: Simranjit Singh Sandhu based in Italy, Tanveer Singh Bedi in Australia, and Ankush Kapoor handling operations within India. Intelligence sources indicate that these key figures effectively weaponised international diaspora connections and clandestine financial corridors to execute their plans.