Unknown gunmen killed Punjabi singer-turned-politician Sidhu Moose Wala near Jawaharke village in Punjab’s Mansa district on Sunday, 29 May. Following the murder, Punjab Police claimed that gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar, and their associates were behind the killing.
“The Lawrence Bishnoi gang is involved in this murder. Lucky, a member of the gang, has taken responsibility from Canada,” said Punjab DGP VK Bhawra while speaking to the media hours after Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder.
Meanwhile, two Facebook posts have been doing the rounds in which Bishnoi and Brar claimed to be taking responsibility for Moose Wala’s Murder.
One among the posts, claimed to have been on behalf of Bishnoi, says:
“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.”
According to the Quint, Punjab police are examining these social media posts.
The allegation made on Facebook that Sidhu Moose Wala was involved in the killing of Vicky Middukhera is still unsubstantiated. However, some media reports indicated that Moose Wala’s manager Shaganpreet Singh was being probed in connection with Middukhera’s murder. But, the police haven’t found anything decisive to link Moose Wala to Middukhera’s murder.
Lawrence Bishnoi
31-year-old Lawrence Bishnoi has been in Bharatpur jail in Rajasthan since 2017 on charges of attempt to murder, trespassing, robbery, and assault, among others.
Lawrence, born in Dhattaranwali in Punjab’s Ferozpur district (now in Fazilka district), rose to notoriety when one of his aides was arrested in 2018 and had revealed plans to eliminate Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, allegedly after being asked to do by Lawrence.
Goldy Brar
Goldy Brar, who purportedly posted on Facebook about his involvement in the killing of Sidhu Moose Wala, is one of the close associates of Lawrence. Earlier this month, three close aides of Lawrence and Goldy were arrested from Bathinda by the Punjab Police.
Goldy Brar, whose real name is Satinder Singh, is wanted in several criminal cases in India, such as the killing of Faridkot District Youth Congress president Gurlal Singh Pehlwan in 2021.
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.”
According to the post, the associates of Lawrence Bishnoi’s rival in Haryana – Kaushal – took the name of Moose Wala. But the Punjab Police hasn’t found anything to link Moose Wala to the killings of Brar and Middukhera.
Vicky Middukhera
Vicky Middukhera (Vikramjit Singh Middukhera) was a Youth Akali Dal leader who was shot dead in Mohali in August 2021. The murder was carried out at the behest of gangsters Amit Dagar and Bhuppi Rana, say reports.
Shaganpreet Singh
Shaganpreet Singh was the manager of Sidhu Moose Wala and Punjab police are looking for him in connection to the killing of Vicky Middukhera.
But he is said to have escaped to Australia.
(With inputs from the Quint)
