By PTI
CHANDIGARH: Jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who’s suspected to be concerned in Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s killing, on Wednesday moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Bishnoi approached the HC after withdrawing his plea from the Delhi High Court through which he had sought obligatory safeguards as he apprehended a “fake encounter” by the Punjab Police.
Bishnoi was lodged in Tihar Jail in reference to a case lodged beneath the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) and was on Tuesday remanded in three-day custody of the Delhi Police Special Cell after it arrested him in an Arms Act case.
In his petition submitted by advocates Sangram Saraon and Shubpreet Kaur, Bishnoi sought instructions that the jurisdictional Justice of the Peace in Mansa, Punjab, being restrained from handing over his custody to the investigating company in Punjab.
The petitioner sought issuance of acceptable instructions for questioning him by on-line/video convention facility or inside the precincts of Tihar Jail, New Delhi.
The petitioner submitted that there’s a severe risk to his life and a chance that upon being produced or whereas being introduced from custody in reference to the FIR registered by the Mansa police, he may be “put to harm or liquidated by adopting extrajudicial means”.
Bishnoi, 35, in his petition claimed that he was being falsely implicated in reference to the homicide of singer Sidhu Moose Wala.
“The petitioner has been named in the FIR no-103 dated May 29, 2022, only to cover up the inadequacies in the investigation. Moreover, the petitioner is being made a scapegoat and is being erroneously held responsible,” the petition stated.
“In fact, even before the FIR was registered, the top most police official of Punjab Police had virtually declared the petitioner responsible for the gruesome murder on the basis of which FIR no 103 dates 29.05.2022 has been registered. In fact, the petitioner is lodged in Tihar Jail, New Delhi,” stated the petition.
The petitioner has been falsely and erroneously named within the FIR with none tangible proof, based mostly on unreliable claims made on social media platforms, it additional stated.
Moreover, the petitioner doesn’t have entry to social media platforms or communication units, stated the petition.
On May 29, Moose Wala was shot useless by unidentified assailants in Punjab’s Mansa district, a day after the state authorities curtailed his safety cowl.
His cousin and a pal, who have been travelling in a jeep with him, have been additionally injured within the assault.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has introduced organising a judicial fee headed by a sitting excessive courtroom decide to probe the killing of 28-year-old Moose Wala.
Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, often called Sidhu Moose Wala, was among the many 424 individuals whose safety was withdrawn or curtailed on May 28 briefly.
Punjab police chief V Okay Bhawra had claimed that prima facie, it gave the impression to be an inter-gang rivalry between the Lawrence Bishnoi group and Lucky Patial group.
Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar, who’s the member of the Bishnoi gang, had allegedly claimed accountability for the homicide.
