BISHNOI HELD IN OLD CASE; COPS TO PROBE HIS ROLE IN SINGER’S MURDER
NEW DELHI: Jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, whose role is suspected in the murder of Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala, was on Tuesday arrested by Delhi police in connection with a case registered against him last year.
After arresting Bishnoi from Tihar’s jail number 8, the Delhi police special cell produced him before a city court, which sent him to three-day police custody.
During his custody, Bishnoi’s role in the murder of Moosewala will also be probed, said a senior officer, requesting anonymity. Police suspect some of his accomplices based in Delhi might have helped in the murder, the officer added.
Hours after Moose Wala was shot dead at Jawaharke village in Punjab’s Mansa district, the state’s police on Sunday night claimed Bishnoi and his accomplice Goldy Brar, a Canadabased gangster, were suspects.
“Bishnoi has been arrested in an earlier case of arms smuggling registered at outer Delhi’s Narela,” said a police officer aware of the development. “The weapon used by a gunman in Narela was allegedly supplied by Bishnoi.” “In the backdrop of fresh allegations of murder against him, Bishnoi will be questioned for his role in the singer’s murder case.”
HGS Dhaliwal, chief of the special cell, did not respond to repeated calls from HT.
Meanwhile, Bishnoi moved the Delhi high court on Tuesday for blocking custody to Punjab police, claiming fear for his life, a day after a city court refused to entertain the same petition.
“My client fears for his life if he is taken to Punjab,” said advocate Vishal Chopra.