Read: Role of all arrested accused including Bishnoi in Sidhu Moosewala murder case
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, June 16, 2022:
Punjab Police has arrested 10 accused persons including the main conspirator Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in the murder case of renowned singer Sidhu Moosewala so far.
The Police have also identified four shooters involved in the crime. Apart from arresting Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who was brought on production warrant from Tihar Jail Delhi, the other nine arrested accused persons have been identified as Charanjit Singh alias Chetan of Ballram Nagar in Bathinda; Sandeep Singh alias Kekda of Sirsa, Haryana; Manpreet Singh alias Manna of Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda; Manpreet Bhau of Dhaipai, Faridkot; Saraj Mintu of village Dode Kalsia, Amritsar; Prabhdeep Sidhu alias Pabbi of Takhat-Mall, Haryana; Monu Dagar of village Rewli in Sonipat, Haryana; Pawan Bishnoi and Naseeb, both residents of Fatehabad, Haryana. All have been arrested for hatching conspiracy, providing logistic support, conducting recce and harbouring the shooters.
The ADGP said that the registration number of the Corolla car was found to be genuine and the owner was identified, however, the person on whose name an affidavit of purchase was recovered was not the actual owner but had given his Aadhaar Card to Manpreet Manna (gangster linked to Goldy Brar), who is lodged in Ferozepur Jail.
Manpreet Bhau, who was arrested from Chamoli in Uttarakhand on May 30, 2022, on suspicion of Corolla car was being used by him, revealed during interrogation that he had delivered the car to two suspected shooters identified as Manu Kusa of Moga and Jagroop Singh alias Roopa of Amritsar on the directions of Manpreet Manna. He also revealed that the shooters were provided by Saraj Mintu, who is a close aide of Goldy Brar and Sachin Thapan and is believed to be a part of the group of shooters.
Prabhdeep Sidhu alias Pabbi, who was arrested on June 3, 2022, told in his interrogation that he had provided shelter to two associates of Goldy Brar, who had come and stayed with him and he helped them to conduct recce of Sidhu Moosewala’s house. He has also visited the house and interacted with the security and checked the cameras etc, it is revealed.
Following reliable input, Monu Dagar, a close associate of Goldy Brar and Lawrence Bishnoi was brought on a production warrant. During interrogation, he confessed to having arranged two shooters identified as Priyawarat and Ankit both residents of Sonipat on the directions of Goldy Brar. He also disclosed that Pawan Bishnoi and Naseeb both residents of Fatehabad had procured the White Bolero Jeep used in the incident from Sadul Shaher and further handed it over to the shooters through a person identified as Keshav of Bathinda and had also provided them a hideout.
Sandeep Kekda, who was arrested on June 6, 2022, during questioning revealed that his brother Bittu of Kalianwali along with Nikku Takhat Mal of Sirsa in Haryana had been conducting a recce of the movements of Moosewala. He revealed that on May 29, 2022, his brother Bittu had tasked him to accompany Nikku on his motorcycle to visit the house of Moosewala posing as his fans. He confessed that they took selfies with the singer on Nikku’s mobile phone and the latter made a video call to Sachin Thapan to inform him about the real-time information about Moosewala that he had left his house without security and sitting on the driver's seat in the Black Thar Jeep.
The investigation so far has revealed that the arrested accused were acting under the directions of Lawrance Bishnoi and Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar, Sachin Thapan, Anmol Bishnoi, and Vikram Brar (now in Dubai). Further, these gangsters had bluntly claimed responsibility for the murder through Facebook profiles. Lawrance Bishnoi, Goldy Brar and others have been nominated as accused and conspirators in this case along with their gang members.
Accused arrested in Sidhu Moosewala Murder Case so far:
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Sr. No.
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Name of the Accused
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Role
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1.
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Manpreet Singh @ Manna s/o Sukhmander Singh r/o Ward No.
4 Near Khanda Chownk,
Talwani Sabo Bathinda
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· Instrumental in providing Toyota Corolla car to Manpreet Bhau to carry out this crime.
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Manpreet Bhau r/o Dhaipai, PS Jaiton, Distt Faridkot
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· Delivered the corolla car to two persons provided by Saraj Mintu, who are believed to be a part of the group of shooters, who
carried out the crime.
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3.
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Saraj Mintu s/o Jaswant Singh r/o Village Dode Kalsia Distt Amritsar
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· Directed Manpreet Bhau to provide the car to two of his men, suspected to be the real shooters, on the directions of Goldy Brar (currently in Canada) and Sachin Thapan r/o
Dattarnwali Distt Fazilka.
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4.
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Prabhdeep Sidhu @ Pabbi r/o Takhat Mal PS Kalianwali Haryana
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· In the month of January Goldy Brar had sent his associate to Prabhdeep and on his directions Prabhdeep provided accommodation, other logistics and along with this person carried out recce of the deceased Shubhdeep Singh’s residence
and surrounding area.
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Monu Dagar s/o Ram Kumar r/o vill. Rewli, Distt Sonipat, Haryana.
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· Provided two shooters on the directions of Goldy Brar and helped assemble the team of
shooters to carry out this murder.
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Pawan Bishnoi r/o Fatehabad, Haryana
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· Instrumental in delivering the Bolero vehicle used in the crime, to the shooters.
· Provided Hideout to the shooters
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Naseeb r/o Fatehabad, Haryana.
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· Instrumental in delivering the
Bolero vehicle to the shooters along with Pawan Bishnoi.
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Sandeep Singh @Kekda s/o Baldev Singh r/o Kalian WaliMandi, Distt Sirsa, Haryana
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· On the directions of Goldy Brar and Sachin Thapan, Kekda along with another associate went to the deceased Sidhu Moosewala’s residence, in the afternoon of 29th of May, the day of incident, kept an eye on his movement, waited for him to come out in his Thar vehicle, pretended to be a fan, clicked selfie with the deceased and passed on accurate information to the team of shooters regarding the time of movement of the deceased, vehicle being used, number of occupants in the vehicle, absence of security personnel and in fact was in touch with the handlers
sitting abroad.
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Charanjit Singh @ Chetan s/o
Sukhdev Singh r/o Balram Nagar, Bathinda
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· Transferred weapons to culprits.
· Procured fake number plates.
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10.
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Lawrence Bishnoi s/o Lovinder
Kumar r/o Dattaran Wali, District Fazilka
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· Main Conspirator of Sidhu Moosewala Murder case.
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