Mansa: On Sunday, May 29, unknown gunmen assassinated Punjabi singer-turned-politician Sidhu Moose Wala near Jawaharke village in Punjab’s Mansa district.
Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar, and their associates, according to Punjab Police, were involved in the killing.
Holding a press conference soon after Moose Wala’s murder, Punjab DGP VK Bhawra said, “The Lawrence Bishnoi gang is involved in this murder. Lucky, a member of the gang, has taken responsibility from Canada”.
Meanwhile, two Facebook posts circulating on the internet say that Bishnoi and Brar are to blame for Moose Wala’s death.
The posts, claimed to have been on behalf of Bishnoi, say:
“I, along with my brother Goldy Brar, take responsibility of killing Sidhu Moose Wala. People may say whatever they want to, but we have avenged the death of our brother Vicky Middukhera. Sidhu Moose Wala had helped to get him killed.”
“I had called him from Jaipur and told him that what he did was wrong. He told me he didn’t care for anyone and he challenged me saying that he too kept his weapon loaded. So now we have avenged our brother’s death. But this is just the beginning. Whoever was involved in the killing of our brother, they should be alert.”
HW News could not verify the authenticity of these posts.
The claim that Sidhu Moose Wala was engaged in the murder of Vicky Middukhera, which was posted on Facebook, has yet to be proven.
According to reports in the media, the role of Moose Wala’s manager Shaganpreet Singh in Middukhera’s murder is being investigated. However, the authorities have yet to discover anything conclusive linking Moose Wala to the murder of Middukhera.
So, who are Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar, Vicky Middukhera, and Shaganpreet Singh, whose identities have surfaced following the murder of Moose Wala?
Lawrence Bishnoi
Lawrence Bishnoi, 31, has been imprisoned in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur jail since 2017. He is accused of offenses including attempted murder, trespassing, robbery, and assault, among others.
The “gangster,” who is from the Bishnoi tribe, which reveres blackbucks, got to prominence after one of his subordinates was caught in 2018 and revealed plans to assassinate Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, purportedly after being urged to do so by Lawrence.
Lawrence’ aides stated that Lawrence wanted to “avenge the death of blackbucks by Khan,” according to The Indian Express in 2020. Khan was convicted in the blackbuck poaching case in 1998, and Lawrence’ aides claimed that Lawrence intended to “avenge the killing of blackbucks by Khan.”
Lawrence was born into a wealthy family in Dhattaranwali, Punjab’s Ferozpur district (now Fazilka district), and attended DAV College in Chandigarh. Over a decade ago, he was also the president of the Student Organization of Panjab University (SOPU).
Lawrence’s close associates include Sampat Nehra, who allegedly told the police about the alleged Salman Khan plot, Kala Jathedi, who was arrested under the MCOCA Act by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police and is currently on the run, and Goldy Brar, who allegedly confessed to the killing of Sidhu Moose Wala on Facebook. The Punjab Police nabbed three of Lawrence and Goldy’s close associates from Bathinda earlier this month.
Lawrence was born into a wealthy family in Dhattaranwali, Punjab’s Ferozpur district (now Fazilka district), and attended DAV College in Chandigarh. Over a decade ago, he was also the president of the Student Organization of Panjab University (SOPU).
Lawrence’s close associates include Sampat Nehra, who allegedly told the police about the alleged Salman Khan plot, Kala Jathedi, who was arrested under the MCOCA Act by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police and is currently on the run, and Goldy Brar, who allegedly confessed to the killing of Sidhu Moose Wala on Facebook. The Punjab Police nabbed three of Lawrence and Goldy’s close associates from Bathinda earlier this month.
Goldy Brar
Lawrence Bishnoi’s close aide Goldy Brar, whose true name is Satinder Singh, is well-known. Brar, who is based in Canada, is wanted in India for a number of crimes, including the assassination of Faridkot District Youth Congress president Gurlal Singh Pehlwan in 2021.
In connection with Pehlwan’s murder, Delhi Police has apprehended a relative of Brar. Pehlwan was assassinated in reprisal for the shooting of Gurlal Brar, a former SOPU chief, in 2020, according to media reports citing police sources. Goldy Brar’s cousin, Gurlal Brar, was also a relative of Goldy Brar.
In connection to Moose Wala’s murder, the Facebook post attributed to Brar says, “I, along with Sachin Bishnoi Dhattaranwali, Lawrence Bishnoi group, take responsibility for the killing of Sidhu Moose Wala. His name came up in connection with the murder of Vicky Middukhera and Gurlal Brar and despite this, the police did nothing.”
The post further claims that associates of Lawrence Bishnoi’s rival in Haryana – Kaushal – took the name of Moose Wala.
However, these claims are unsubstantiated and Punjab Police hasn’t found anything to link Moose Wala to the killings of Brar and Middukhera.
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