Punjab Police arrests shut aide of gangster Bishnoi from Himachal
The Punjab Police in a joint operation with Himachal Pradesh Police arrested a detailed aide of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who performed a primary position within the planning, execution in addition to offering shelter to killers of Youth Congress chief Gurlal Singh Bhalwan on the instructions of Bishnoi and Canada-based Goldy Brar, Punjab Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta mentioned right here on Monday.
Bhalwan was shot lifeless in February this yr.
The arrested accused has been recognized as Gagandeep Singh, who additionally goes by the aliases of Padda, Gagan Brar, Labh Singh Labhu and Gogi. He hails from Panjgarai Kalan village in Faridkot district.
Gupta, in a written assertion to the media, said that the killing was organised by Goldy Brar, with the assistance of Bishnoi, to avenge the homicide of his cousin (Goldy’s) Gurlal Brar.
A couple of hours after the homicide, a purported put up on a Facebook web page of Bishnoi, who’s at the moment in Rajasthan’s Ajmer Jail, linked the crime with the dying of Bishnoi’s aide Gurlal Brar, Gupta mentioned.
On February 21, Delhi Police arrested three males — Gurvinder Pal aka Gora, Sukhwinder Dhillon, and Saurabh Verma — alleged to be concerned within the homicide and the following day Punjab Police arrested Gurpinder Singh, resident of Ghania Wala village, within the case for offering weapons to the assailants.
“Investigations revealed that Gora was sharing a flat with Gagan Brar at Kharar and the conspiracy was hatched in this rented accommodation. Gagan being a close associate of Goldy Brar is wanted by Delhi Special Cell and Faridkot police for his involvement in the murder,” the DGP mentioned.
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“Delhi Police even raided his rented accommodation at Kharar but Gagan had inactivated all his communication channels and gave the slip before the raid as he got information about their arrest by the Delhi Police,” Gupta added.
DGP Gupta mentioned that based mostly on particular inputs, groups of Organised Crime Control Unit (OCCU) and Counter-Intelligence Units of Punjab Police had been tasked with arresting the accused underneath the supervision of Additional DGP (Internal Security) R N Dhoke. These groups tracked areas of the accused in Kasol, Himachal Pradesh, and apprehended Gagan in a joint operation with the Himachal Police.
“During his preliminary interrogation, Gagan revealed that he was working as a bouncer in night clubs in Chandigarh and had been friends with Gora and Gurlal Brar for the last over four to five years. He had got the job of a bouncer with the reference of Gurlal Brar,” added Gupta.
The DGP mentioned that “Gora introduced him to Goldy Brar. Two persons named Rajan Pandey aka Vishal and Chhotu, who seemed to hail from Haryana, stayed in their room for about 20 days and left the room with Gora two days before the murder”.
“On the instructions of Goldy, Gagan handed over a bagful of arms and ammunition to an unknown person near First Bite Pizza at Kharar, a day before the murder. This bag was brought by Gora and kept in the wardrobe of his room,” Gupta mentioned.
“After Delhi Police raided his rented accommodation, he took shelter in a friend’s flat at Kharar for the next two days and then went to the Golden Temple in Amritsar. From there he went to McLeod Ganj and then reached Kasol in Himachal Pradesh,” the DGP added.
“During his escape, Gagan remained in contact with Goldy via various OTT (over the top) apps and Goldy also sent him money via Google pay for his living expenses,” the DGP mentioned.
