The Delhi Police Special Cell helped extradite Sachin Bishnoi, also known as Sachin Thapan, from Baku, Azerbaijan to India as the main suspect in the murder of Sidhu Moosewala.
A comprehensive press conference would be held by the police later today, according to Delhi Police Special Cell Commissioner HGS Dhaliwal. After the shocking murder of Moosewala in May 2022, Bishnoi—a relative of famed mobster Lawrence Bishnoi—had been missing. Bishnoi, who is from Fazilka in the Punjab, was reportedly detained in Azerbaijan in August of last year. Bishnoi left the country with a fake passport a few days before Sidhu Moosewala was killed.
Meanwhile, earlier this month, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had arrested notorious jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s key aide Vikramjeet Singh alias Vikram Brar, after his deportation from United Arab Emirates (UAE) to India.
Also, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has been brought to Delhi from a Gujarat jail and lodged in the national capital’s Mandoli prison. He has refused his involvement in Moosewala’s killing.
Sidhu Moosewala, 28, was shot dead on May 29 last year in Mansa, a day after the Punjab government curtailed his security cover.
The singer was shot at point-blank range and declared dead on arrival at the Mansa civil hospital. The assailants fired over 30 rounds at Moosewala, who was found slumped in the driver’s seat by locals.
The investigation suggested gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was the mastermind of the daylight killing. His close aide Goldy Brar, who is said to be based in Canada, was also under investigation in this case. Police issued a Red Corner Notice against Brar through Interpol.
The incident occurred two days after Punjab Police withdrew the security cover of 424 persons, including that Moosewala.
Moosewala had fought an election from Mansa in the last Assembly election on a Congress ticket but was defeated by AAP’s Vijay Singla. On November 23, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Bishnoi in a case related to the alleged conspiracy to recruit youth to carry out terror strikes in Delhi and other parts of the country.
