Haryana gangster Himanshu Bhau, one of India’s most wanted fugitives, is being held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Nevada along with an associate, officials have confirmed, in a major breakthrough for Indian investigators.
The US government’s online detainee locator lists two Indian-born men — Himanshu Sigroha and Neeraj Kaushik — as being in ICE custody at the Henderson Detention Center outside Las Vegas. Their cases are handled by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations office in Las Vegas. Officials say the two men are Bhau and his associate Neeraj Faridpuria. The ICE listing points to immigration custody; no US criminal charges against either man have surfaced, and neither ICE nor the FBI has issued a public statement on the detentions, according to IANS.
Tracked to Las Vegas
Bhau, whose real name is Himanshu Ritoliya, hails from Rohtak in Haryana and has been the subject of an Interpol Red Notice since August 2023. He is wanted in 18 cases in India, including murder, attempted murder, extortion, intimidation and forgery. He was tracked to Las Vegas and arrested on October 22, reports said. Faridpuria was picked up after he removed an ankle monitor; he had been detained earlier this year and released on bail.
Bhau’s gang has been linked to high-profile crimes in north India, including the firing outside the Gurugram home of YouTuber Elvish Yadav last year, for which the gang reportedly claimed responsibility.
Deportation Likely, Following the Anmol Bishnoi Model
India is seeking to expedite Bhau’s deportation proceedings, and a team of officers may travel to the United States, officials said. Indian investigators have increasingly turned to US immigration proceedings rather than formal extradition to bring back wanted gangsters — removal through the immigration system has often proved faster than the lengthy court process under the 1997 India-US extradition treaty.
The most recent precedent is that of Anmol Bishnoi, who was detained in the United States in 2024 and deported to India on November 19, 2025, where he was arrested by the National Investigation Agency on arrival in New Delhi. Whether Bhau and Faridpuria will face a similar path depends on the outcome of their immigration cases, including any claim for asylum or other relief they may file before a US immigration judge.
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SOURCE: IANS via hiindia.com (Oct 24, 2026) — “Haryana gangster Himanshu Bhau, associate held by ICE in Nevada”; corroborated by Mirror Now, 7Globe, Daily Jagran (Oct 24, 2026).
