DELHI POLICE SAY BISHNOI ADMITTED TO HIS GANG’S ROLE IN MURDER

NEW DELHI: Jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has allegedly accepted his gang’s involvement in the murder of Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala and said that his gang members, including Canada-based accomplice Goldy Brar, were behind it, a Delhi police officer aware of the Bishnoi’s questioning said on Friday.

Moose Wala was shot dead on May 29 when he, along with his cousin and a friend were passing by the Jawaharke village in Mansa district of Punjab.

Within hours of the murder, Punjab Police had announced Bishnoi and Brar as their suspects after a purported post on social media by Brar confessing to the murder came to the fore.

A Delhi police officer, who asked not to be named, said Bishnoi has revealed that Moose Wala’s killing was an act of revenge for his alleged involvement in last year’s murder of Youth Akali leader Vikramjeet Singh Middukhera in Mohali.

“Bishnoi said Moosewala’s group had provided shelter to the people from the other gang, who murdered Middukhera. But all this needs verification,” the officer added. A second officer said Bishnoi also revealed that they had been planning the murder for almost six months.

“They had also got a sharp shooter Shahrukh, but he was arrested by the Delhi police before he could execute the plan. Bishnoi also said that a few months ago, he and Brar fought over the phone when Brar taunted the former for failing to kill Moose Wala. Bishnoi then told Brar that he would cut his hair and shave his moustache if he failed to murder Moose Wala,” the second officer said. Bishnoi’s confession or revelation made before police is not admissible in court.