India, July 17 -- Punjab-based Bhagwanpuria gang associate Nitish Kaushal was arrested by US law enforcement authorities in Vermont, announced the US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday. The arrest takes place weeks after 15 members of three organised crime groups with links to India were arrested in the US in an operation known as Operation Hard Ball.

Of the 34 individuals charged by US authorities in connection with the activities of the Bishnoi, Bhagwanpuria and Dhanda organised crime groups, Kaushal was one of the 11 who were either fugitives or not in the custody of US authorities. An arrest warrant was issued for him on June 25 in the US District Court for the Central District of California after he was charged with Rackete...