3 held in Delhi over killing of Punjab’s Youth Cong leader
THE PUNJAB Police has been informed about the arrest of Faridkot-residents Gurvinder Pal (the 32-year-old key accused), Sukhwinder Singh (23) and Saurabh Verma (21) in the killing of Gurlal Singh Bhalwan, a Delhi Police officer said
Three persons have been arrested in Delhi in connection with the killing of a 34-year-old Youth Congress leader in Punjab’’s Faridkot on February 18, the Delhi Police said Sunday.
The Punjab Police has been informed about the arrest of Faridkot-residents Gurvinder Pal (the 32-year-old key accused), Sukhwinder Singh (23) and Saurabh Verma (21) in the killing of Gurlal Singh Bhalwan, a Delhi Police officer said.
DCP (Special Cell) Manishi Chandra also said two other associates of the arrested accused are still at large and efforts are underway to nab them.
They all are allegedly members of the Lawrence Vishnoi Gang. Vishnoi is presently in Ajmer prison.
The accused planned to kill Bhalwan because they suspected him to be a member of the rival Bhambhia gang, the senior police officer said.
The officer said the conspiracy to kill Bhalwan was scripted by Goldy Brar, a Canada-based associate of Lawrence Vishnoi Gang who has several cases registered against him.
Brar runs an extortion racket in Canada from where he targets several prominent Punjab-based businessmen, he said.
Police said Goldy instructed Gurvinder to kill Bhalwan on February 9. The Youth Congress leader wrote on Facebook on February 5 that he was planning to travel to Delhi join farmers’ protest against the three agricultural laws.
As per their plan, Gurvinder, accompanied by two shooters, closely followed Bhalwan when he travelled to the Singhu Border on February 9, the officer said. “However, the task could not be completed because of the size of the protesting crowd that was present,” he said.
The trio then followed Bhalwan till Jantar Mantar in Delhi where Congress leaders and workers had assembled to protest against the farm laws, the DCP said, adding the trio left the trail since they found it difficult to dodge the security arrangements made by Delhi Police at the protest sites.