New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- How a notice shapes the chase

Red Notices don't arrest anyone; they synchronize pressure. When police from different countries are staring at the same suspect, a Red Notice becomes the shared flag: here is the identity, here are the charges, here is who wants him. In Goldy Brar's case, the notice is the moment a regional gang war vaulted into a global manhunt. What followed was a tug-of-war over dates, a scramble for extradition leverage, and a lesson in how quickly rumor can outrun law.

Before the notice, the fuse

The fuse, of course, was lit by the shooting of Sidhu Moose Wala on May 29, 2022-an attack that turned Punjabi gangland into international security footing. Within hours, an overseas handler claimed resp...