Chandigarh on the 11th of September : Bollywood actor Salman Khan was named on the wanted list following orders from the gangster in jail Lawrence Bishnoi, who orchestrated the murder of famous Punjabi musician Sidhu Moosewala, Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on Sunday.The initial interrogation of Moosewala murder suspect Kapil Pandit has revealed that he was approached by Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang via Sampat Nehra, as well as Canada-based Goldy Brar, a fugitive from Canada.
Goldy Brar in order to execute the murder of Salman Khan, the state police chief said to the media in this town.
Santosh Jadhav, who was detained in Maharashtra in the Moosewala murder and Sachin Thapan who is currently detained in Azerbaijan was as well part of the plot to have targeted Salman Khan.
Salman Khan had received a threat just days after the Moosewala murder in Punjab’s Mansa district on May 29.
“They have conducted an extensive investigation and they spent a significant amount of time in Mumbai and we will also investigate the angle in the investigation,”” Yadav said, noting that “the statements regarding the targeting of Salman Khan were preliminary and are not yet confirmed.We could even send an investigation group to Mumbai”.
Pandit during interrogation disclosed that previously, he had carried out surveillance for several times with the intention of killing Moosewala at the urging of Lawrence Bishnoi’s group in order to avenge the death of young Akali leader Vicky Middukhera’s death The DGP added.
Pandit was granted parole to go to the last rituals of his mother.He’s been on the run since in connection with the killing of an individual in his home village of Bewad village in Rajasthan’s Churu district.
The DGP stated that the government is putting in concerted effort made to capture the gangsters that had fled from overseas.In the process the criminal Thapan is currently in custody in Azerbaijan and is expected to be detained in the near future.he will be transferred to India.
The police have filed an affidavit against 24 suspects in the case, he added.
Punjab Police on Saturday arrested the sixth and final shooter -the – Deepak Mundi in the Moosewala murder case, along with his two aids Kapil Pandit and Rajinder Joker from the border of Indo-Nepal in West Bengal when they were trying to escape and escape to Nepal.
The operation was conducted in collaboration with the Anti-Gangster Task Force of Punjab Police (AGTF) together with Delhi Police and central agencies.
Pandit and Joker offered logistical assistance including weapons and hideouts for the suspects.
A group of AGTF headed by AIG Gurmeet Chauhan and DSP Bikram Brar brought Mundi and two of his aides to Punjab via Air on Saturday night.
After these arrests the amount of arrested in the Moosewala murder case increased to 23.Two shooters identified as Manpreet Singh known as Manu Kussa as well as Jagroop Singh, alias Roopa were thwarted in a shootout in Bhakna village of Amritsar.
Others who were arrested before were identified as Priyavrat Fauji, Kashish, and Ankit Sersa.
In addition, the police obtained six days of custody of the three suspects after they were brought before the Mansa court on Sunday.
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