'Fake passport to evade law': US asylum gamble blew gangster Bhau’s cover
Indian gangster Himanshu Bhau was apprehended in the US after his attempt to claim asylum backfired. His decision to surrender to immigration authorities triggered a biometric check that revealed his true identity and history of criminal activity.
Why it matters
The case illustrates how international law enforcement cooperation and biometric databases are increasingly effective at tracking fugitives across borders.
NEW DELHI: A gamble to secure asylum in North America may have blown the cover of gangster Himanshu Bhau, one of north India’s notorious fugitives.A day after TOI reported his detention in Nevada, sources said a brief, staged detention in Feb by Bhau and his aide Neeraj Faridpuria, designed to exploit legal loopholes and claim asylum, backfired and unravelled the plan.The two face more than 25 criminal cases each across Delhi, Haryana and Punjab, including murder. Once the duo deliberately surrendered to immigration authorities to initiate asylum petitions, their biometrics and details were fed into US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tracking system, which set off red flags.‘Bhau used fake passport to evade global law’Sources said fugitives from India were aggressively seeking this modus operandi.
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