India, Jan. 14 -- Two wanted gangsters allegedly operating criminal networks in Haryana, Punjab and Delhi-NCR have been detained by US authorities and are being held for deportation, officials of the Haryana Police Special Task Force (STF) said on Tuesday.

The detained gangsters are Noni Rana, alias Surya Pratap, a resident of Yamunanagar, and Bhanu Rana, alias Bhanu Partap, a resident of Karnal, officials said. Both are associated with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and are wanted in over 60 criminal cases, including murder, extortion, attempted murder, firing incidents and illegal arms smuggling across multiple states, they added.

B Satheesh Balan, IG (STF), said the force received credible inputs confirming their detention in the US over ...